On that day, Chenxi's troops walked along the river for more than ten miles and stopped and stationed on the spot. Because they were camping behind the river, it was equivalent to one of the four sides that could basically ensure safety, and one direction could be ignored when defending.

However, Zhang Yong was worried. When he set up camp, he specially found Chen Xi and reminded him to pay attention to the situation on the river.

Zhang Yongdao: "...We can't cross the river, but the Tatars have been operating here for a long time, so they must have a way to come from the other side of the river. When the water season is high, the ships will flow downstream and land on the river bank in a flash. At that time, the Tatars attacked each other and our army will be in danger..."

At this time, a large number of people were surrounded by Chen Xi, reporting on the work at hand. No one cared about what Zhang Yong said. Even though the army was worried that the journey to return was unstable, the soldiers were still full of confidence in Chen Xi.

It is precisely because of Chen Xi's command that the people were not separated from the crowd. The soldiers felt that only by following Chen Xi could they ensure safety and return to the territory of the Ming Dynasty safely even without military achievements.

After nightfall, the camp was extremely quiet. In order to ensure that the defense measures were in place, Chen Xi personally went to the camp to patrol, and he was followed by Wang Lingzhi and a few guards.

The soldiers respected Chen Xi very much. Although the morale in the army was not high, there was no deserter. Everyone knew that now he was far away from the territory of the Ming Dynasty and had no place to escape even if he wanted to escape. It would be better to follow Chen Xi, who had made countless military achievements, and gain a future. At the same time, he had a robe around him to fight side by side with him, and he would not feel lonely.

After the patrol was over, it was already midnight. Chen Xi asked Wang Lingzhi and others to go back to rest first, and returned to the central army tent alone. When Yun Liu and Xier came to report their lives.

After leading the army into the grassland, Chen Xi paid more attention to the movements of the Tatars, and also paid close attention to the military situation in various parts of the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty, especially the information on the Xuanfu land where Emperor Zhengde personally took charge, which was the top priority.

"...Sir, Your Majesty issued an edict to send troops on May 30th, but it is still unknown whether it can be launched as scheduled. Now Tatar soldiers are harassing the three sides, Datong, Xuanfu and other places, and there are panic everywhere, so it is difficult to act according to the established plan." Yun Liu's face was full of depression when he spoke.

What Yun Liu was most worried about finally happened. The Tatars responded quickly and violently, and the Ming army's determination to go out of the border was far less strong than expected before the war.

Chen Xi shook his head and said, "This is what was expected. This war is driven by His Majesty and I. Others are not keen on this war. Now, as long as the Tatars make a slight invasion, all places will shrink and defend. How can they care about the life and death of some of the troops who are alone in the army?"

Yunliu lowered her head and didn't say anything. Xier asked in confusion: "If I had known that such an adult would have insisted on leading troops out of the frontier?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "This is a cliché. If you don't divide the troops and use one of the troops as bait, will the Tatars take the initiative to fight? Since it is a plan I made by myself, the danger will naturally be carried by myself. As for the result, it is a different matter."

Yun Liu said: "So sir, I have long expected the results today?"

Chen Xi smiled bitterly: "After all, he overestimated His Majesty's determination and courage in the war... Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for our troops to get reinforcements in a short period of time."

While speaking, Chen Xi walked back to the Shuai Case and looked at the map spread out in front of him and said, "We are not far from the Ming Dynasty now, but the road to return has been cut off. We can only go west and then back south. The Tatars are following along this route, and they may contact our troops at any time..."

"With the grievances and entanglements over the years, the Tatars could not allow me to lead the army back to the territory of the Ming Dynasty safely. As long as we can concentrate our troops to annihilate our troops, it would be a great victory for the Tatars, and such losses were basically acceptable for the Ming Dynasty!"

Xier seemed very angry: "In this way, the court is ready to sacrifice his lord?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "No one wants to be in danger, but at critical moments, someone always has to stand up and make sacrifices. Before, in the Ninety-Nine Springs, the Tatars launched a night attack on us, but after that, they were all in peace, which is enough to show that they are not ready..."

"Authentic, there are indeed problems within us, but are the Tatars harmonious? In recent years, the Tatars have been in a row of civil wars, and they are also worried and troubled internally and externally... This vast grassland is not the only one of the Dayan tribes. Now we are no longer under our feet, but the Yibula tribe's pasture. To fight us here, all parties have to think about the interests. What if someone stabs him in the back?"

Originally, Yun Liu and Xier were very worried, but when Chen Xi analyzed the current situation, both women showed a look of relief on their faces.

Previously, they only saw the hostility between the Ming Dynasty and the grassland tribes and the hidden worries within the Ming Dynasty, but they did not see that the Tatars also had various problems. If they thought about Chen Xi carefully, they would know that it was not easy for the Tatars to make a single battle.

Chen Xidao: "If it were three or four years ago, the internal alliance of Tatars was relatively stable, and we would never dare to go deeper alone. However, the situation is different now. In order to complete the complete unification, the Dayan tribe had a ferocious relationship with many tribes and was constantly tragic. Now we suddenly reached the hinterland of the grassland. No one wanted to take the initiative to fight with us. Even if we annihilate our troops in the end, it would be a tragic victory. Even if we are as strong as the Dayan tribe, we cannot maintain our strategic advantages over other grassland tribes!"

"What the Tatars most hope to see is that they are at peace with each other. Their purpose is not to annihilate our troops, but to prevent me from attacking. They have difficulty understanding my leadership deep into the grassland, so they will stare at me and try to push our army to other tribes to solve the problem."

"The situation that the Dayan tribe most willing to see is that I took my men and horses to retreat to the pass, and I also hope that I would annihilate the tribes such as Yibula, Yongshebu, and Tumot along the way so that they can reap the benefits of the fisherman."

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Ninety-nine springs, not far from the former Guanshanwei site where Chenxi stationed a few days ago, the top of Guanshan Mountain is now waving and tents are everywhere.

Ninety-Nine Springs have special significance for the Tatars. Genghis Khan died on his way to the Western Xia Dynasty, and Ogedei succeeded to the Khan throne and immediately used troops to the Jin Dynasty. When the war was burning in the Guanzhong area and the war smoke rolled between Ilo, Ogedei led his troops to Ninety-Nine Springs and set up a deliberation platform, which became the command center for the expedition and destruction of Jin, Xia and other dynasties.

After three hundred years, the battle flag of the Golden Family has once again fluttered in the Ninety-Nine Springs area.

In the tent of the Dayan tribe, Batumonk sat high above. Even though he was leading the troops outside and had poor conditions, as the only legal heir to the Borjijin family, he must also show his superior status. Several princes, national teachers, generals, etc. stood in two rows under the steps, waiting for Batumonk's lecture.

After almost everyone was here, Batumonk looked around and stood up steadily, raised his hands slightly, and everyone kneeled down to salute under the steps ahead.

Batumonk waved his hand again before the people stood up and returned to the left and right queues again.

Nodded slightly, Batumonk sat down with satisfaction. At this time, the first person standing in the right column was Susuha, the general of the Dayan tribe who had invaded the Ming Dynasty's Gyeonggi area earlier.

Although Susuha suffered a defeat against Chenxi, Susuha made great contributions in the series of wars in which the Dayan tribe conquered the grassland tribes later.

Because of his "rebellion", the national teacher Yi Sima should have taken over the position of the national teacher, but the Dayan tribe no longer recognized the tribe leaders who refused to surrender. Batumonk personally ordered Susuha to become the new Mongolian national teacher.

However, Susuha has always been just a military general and cannot be compared with Yi Simayin in strategy. The reason why Batumonk allowed Susuha to serve as the national teacher was that he did not want a person with extraordinary power and tricks to compete with him. In this way, Susuha, the national teacher, completely became a puppet.

"...Khan, in return for the second prince, the troops of the Ming army commander Chen Xi were retreating westward. At this time, the troops were less than 300 miles away from us. If we gathered troops and horses to chase each other, we could cut them off within three days. This is the best opportunity for the Khan to take revenge..."

Susuha waved her fists, her eyes were red, and her eyes were full of hatred. This was also because the Tatars had once invaded the capital of the Ming Dynasty and were about to take down the capital, but they were defeated when facing Chen Xi's reinforcements, which led to the slump tribes' slump and the civil wars that followed several years later.

"Father Khan, my son is willing to lead troops to eliminate the thieves!"

As soon as Susuha finished speaking, a young general in the queue behind him came out. This person was Batumonk's third son, Batumonk. Because he was not old, he had no chance to play in the last battle against the Ming Dynasty. A few years later, he is now seventeen years old and is extremely brave. Batumonk had already planned to use his son.

Batumonk raised his hand and refused to allow Balesborot to continue speaking, obviously he did not want his son to fight Chen Xi.

But some words cannot be explained clearly in public. Batumonk said: "As far as I know, the Ming army went to the Yibula tribe, right?"

The people present were filled with indignation and shouts.

Unlike the previous Khan Conference, the Khan Conference was gathered by people from various tribes to discuss major plans. However, after the Dayan Khan began the war of unification, the leaders of each tribe no longer dared to attend the Khan Conference. Now, the royal court basically only has the Dayan tribe singing a one-man show, treating all tribes that refuse to be unified as enemies.

Therefore, when Batumonk mentioned Yibula, the people present immediately stood on the standpoint of the Dayan tribe and criticized this "rebel" who refused to accept unity.

Susuha said: "Khan, we fought with the Yibula tribe twice before and both won. Now the Yibula tribe has fled to the surrounding area of ​​Yunnei. We just took the opportunity to cover up and kill, first destroy the Ming army, then destroy the Yibula tribe, and then subdue the Yongshebu, Tumot and other tribes in one fell swoop!"

"Yes, annihilate the Ming army and unify the grassland!" Everyone present shouted.

Batumonk was not very satisfied with his subordinates' reaction and shook his head and said, "Why, do you think you can easily destroy the Ming army and wipe out the tribes such as Yongsebu and Tumote? Although Yibula was defeated twice, he still retained a certain strength and could gather at least five thousand cavalry. The problem is that behind it is supported by Yongsebu and Tumote tribes. Yibula is very good at bewitching people's hearts. Who knows whether there is any secret collusion with the Ming army? This time the Ming army suddenly entered the grassland, entered the hinterland of Chahar, and then transferred to the territory of Yongsebu and Tumote tribes such as Yongsebu. There is clearly a ghost in this!"

Balesborot pouted and said, "Father Khan, what's there to worry about? The generals come to block the water and the earth, so I don't believe that these jumping clowns can stop the Iron Cavalry of the Borjijin family!"

At this moment, the curtain was lifted, and a person came in from outside. While coughing, he said, "Third brother, can't you see the intention of Father Khan? Father Khan doesn't want you to fight with the troops led by Chen Xi. This person is insidious and cunning. If he colluded with Yibula in advance, and then joined forces with tribes such as Yongsebu, Tumote and Ordos to set up a trap in the Hetao area, we may fall into a trap without our attention. At that time, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty led his troops out of Xuanfu Mansion, and the Khan army would be very dangerous!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a man with a stubborn face coming over, and everyone bent down to salute: "Big Prince!"

The visitor was Batumonk's eldest son Tuluborot, and he was also the first heir to the Khan rank.

Because Batumonk himself is only in his early forties, his eldest son is only twenty-five years old. However, judging by the short lifespan of the grassland people, twenty-five years old is considered middle-aged. Turuborot was injured in the last battle of the Ming Dynasty. He has been in poor health in recent years and will basically not come out to lead troops. Therefore, the second prince Urusborot has frequently jumped out to show himself. Now even the third brother Barusborot wants to perform well. As the sons of Batumonk and Haihatun, Mandu, they all hope that they can inherit the Khan throne. After all, the blood of the Golden Family is flowing on them.

Batumonk seemed not very happy about the appearance of Turuborot. He didn't want to explain some things so clearly, but now his eldest son made it clear in front of so many powerful people in the Dayan tribe.

Tuluborot walked to Dayan Khan and saluted respectfully. Batumonk waved his hand. Tuluborot stood in front of the generals, and his position was even higher than Susuha. Susuha naturally took two steps back to show respect.

Batumonk said: "The troops led by Urus Borot have been dotted with the Ming army from afar... The previous report stated that the army was walking southwest along the Ikturgen River (Heihe). Their commander, you all remember, was Chen Xi, the young general who defeated the Khan tribe and the Fire Sieve Army in the Yuxi River. Now he is a major official in the Ming Dynasty and is deeply trusted by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although he was not many troops, his strength should not be underestimated. Judging from the information we obtained from the Ming Dynasty, he went out to the frontier mainly to act as bait, and wanted to attract us to actively send troops to attack him. The rest of the Ming army cooperated with him to form an encirclement and eventually eliminate our Khan tribe!"

"ah!?"

When the people present heard this, their faces were shocked.

The people of the grassland have always advocated force. Chen Xi has always been their lingering nightmare. At this moment, when he heard that Chen Xi had other plans to send troops, he felt a chill in his heart.

Batumonk continued: "The people of the Ming Dynasty fought all the time and rely on fraud. Chen Xi was his representative figure, but it is undeniable that his army had strong combat effectiveness. The troops led by him at Tumu Fort were proof that we must be careful! Of course, Ben Khan always believed that the final victory must belong to the Khan tribe!"

"Victory belongs to the Great Khan!"

Everyone quickly agreed.

Turuborot asked, "Father Khan is going to send Susuha National Master, or his third brother to fight Chenxi?"

Batumonk shook his head: "Ben Khan will personally lead his troops to wipe out the troops of Chen Xi! Some of you will go with me to fight with Chen Xi, and take down tribes such as Yongsebu, Tumot and Ordos, and the rest will lead troops to obstruct the arrival of Ming reinforcements! The Ming Dynasty tried to set up an encirclement and implement a joint attack on our Khan's troops. We will not let them succeed. We must ensure that we only fight with Chen Xi and the whole process, and at most, the Yibula troops will fight!"

Susuha said: "Khan, where are you going?"

Batumonk glanced at Susuha and shook his head slightly: "National Master, your mission is to lead troops to Xuanfu and block the Ming emperor's army. I will allocate 10,000 troops. Balesborot will lead another 10,000 troops, plus thousands of tribal soldiers and horses south of Chahar. I believe you can block the Ming emperor's way north!"

Susuha seemed very unwilling to accept it: "Khan, I was really unwilling to accept it when Weichen led the army to Chen Xi... I want to avenge my revenge myself!"

Batumonk didn't like his subordinates to confront him, and frowned when he heard this.

Seeing this, Tuluborot shouted and said, "Susuha National Master, the Khan asked you to lead troops to stop the Ming Emperor, which is the greatest trust in you. What are you not satisfied with? Just if you want to destroy Chen Xi, don't we want to? If it weren't for this person, we might have entered Dadu, and Khan has become the lord of the Central Plains again!"

"well!"

Batumonk sighed slightly, raised his arm, and everyone in the account calmed down.

Batumonk said: "The Ming army dared to go deep into the hinterland of the grassland, and obviously came prepared. This time it was different from the past. At that time, they just wanted to make achievements and go back to boost the morale of the army. But this time they wanted to level the grassland, and their ambitions were too great. If we could not be united and wanted to avenge and make achievements, then the result of this war is likely to be that we would lose and the grassland would be in peace!"

Susuha saluted respectfully: "Great Khan, I know my mistake."

"Just know the mistake."

Batumonk continued, "The elite troops of the Khan tribe will be recruited to fight. If the Urianha people are willing to obey the order, then make full use of their power. If they dare to secretly follow the Ming people, they will directly steal their territory... Turuborot, now allocate you ten thousand elite cavalry to help your second brother and prepare for the war for Ben Khan... Remember, you can let the Ming army go south, but they will never be allowed to connect with the Yibula tribe!"

"Yes, Father Khan!"
Chapter completed!