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Chapter 392 Buying Time

In the morning of the North Sea in winter, it is very late. At the 9 o'clock in the morning, a ray of light shines in the sky.

"General Li, the three of us khans invited you and Tumot Khan to the Khan tent." A Mongolian entered Li Guodong's tent.

A few days ago, the three Khalkha khans had not yet gathered together. Li Guodong had only seen Chechen Khan Shuolei, and briefly mentioned the attack on the Tumot tribe and the trade between his caravan and the Rakshasa people. Shuolei agreed to gather the three tribes together to discuss the great cause of anti-Qing.

The horns were roaring, and the gongs and drums were loud. The big red carpet was spread from the golden tent to the outside of the camp. Elite warriors in armor stood on both sides, and men in red dresses stood behind, holding cow horns, making a deep long sound. Li Guodong and Omubu walked into the village gate, and a beautiful girl in costume appeared outside, presenting Hada to the respected guests. Li Guodong and Omubu walked shoulder to shoulder, and the three Khalkhas had already welcomed them.

"Welcome from afar!" The three Khalkhas khans greeted him, put his right hand on his chest, and saluted.

Omubu returned the courtesy and said with a sad face: "Tumet Khan Omubu here to plead with all the great khans to save us Tumot! If you don't take action, naturalization will be obtained from the Jurchens. Tumot's subordinates will be the slaves of the Jurchens!"

Tushetuhan Gon preached: "The Tumotes are also our Mongolian brothers. How can the Jurchens allow the Jurchens to break through naturalization? There have always been only the Jurchens who are slaves to the Mongols. Where can the Mongols be slaves to the Jurchens?"

Zasaktu Khan Suba also said indignantly: "Since we worked together to defeat the Jurchens last time, it's the same this time! We Mongolians really want to unite! There is a saying among the Han people, "The lips are gone and the teeth are cold. If the Tumot tribe is destroyed, is our three tribes still far away?"

The sentence "The lips are dead and the teeth are cold" was said to the three Khalkha Khans last time, and now the three Khans are remembered in their hearts. They knew the ambition of the Jurchens. After they annexed the Tumot tribe, their next plan was to include the three Khalkha Khans in their pockets.

The master Shuolei made a gesture of invitation: "Dear Khans, General Li, the honorable envoy of the Ming Dynasty, let's invite you inside and talk to the golden tent."

The group entered the golden tent and divided the guest of the host. Shuolei sat on the main seat. Tushetu Khan and Zasaktu Khan were sitting on the left, and Omubu and Li Guodong were on the right.

The three Khalkha Khans will definitely send troops to rescue the Tumot tribe and will also help the Chahar tribe. However, it is necessary for Li Guodong to add another firewood to the fire: "Three Khans, naturalization is the trade route between the Han people and the Han people from Mobei. If naturalization is occupied by the Jurchens, the iron, salt and grain of the Han merchants will not be transported to Mobei in the future. The three ministries can only buy these goods from the Jurchens at a high price. There is another thing, I have already negotiated with the Rakshasa people. In the future, the caravans can transport ceramics and silk to the Rakshasa people. This is a huge profit business! Do you know the Silk Road?"

"I know." Sanhan nodded at the same time.

"Only by defeating the Jurchens can we reopen the Silk Road. If the Silk Road is opened, I think the three great khans should know the profits?"

The three Khalkhas were all thinking in their minds that if the new Silk Road was opened, it would be a steady stream of wealth! But they didn't expect that this was just Li Guodong's big fool. Now the Ming Dynasty is in danger, and the power of the Qing Dynasty in the north is getting bigger and bigger. Li Guodong only delayed the time when the Qing Dynasty annexed Mongolia as much as possible. He could not completely stop the Jurchens from annexing Mongolia, because the Chahar tribe, which was once the most powerful, was already weak. With Ezhe's current strength, let alone the Eight Banners, he could not beat even the Korqin people.

What Li Guodong is most worried about now is not whether Guihua City can hold on for a month. Anyway, if Li Hong is ordered to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, it doesn’t matter how many days or later. What he is most worried about is whether the Korqin tribe will send light cavalry to the New Qinzhong grassland to find trouble for the Chahar people. Now there are less than 10,000 string-controlling men in the Chahar tribe, and they have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, including the Korqin tribes, and it is not a problem to assemble an army of 50,000.

There were only two hundred cavalrymen in Han Dashan, who was sent by Li Guodong to serve as an envoy to Chahar's tribe! Although the heavy cavalry had suppressed the light cavalry, it seemed that the two hundred people were unable to meet tens of thousands of Korqin's army.

But what Li Guodong is most worried about is about to happen in the New Qinzhong Grassland!

Man Zhu Xili, the prince of Korqin Dorobatulu, was leading a 30,000-strong Mongolian Eight Banners army, who was already on the way to Guihua. The arrival of this army was because Dorgon's Manchu Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners army were restrained under the city of Guihua, so Yuetuo sent someone to send a letter back to Shengjing to ask Huang Taiji for advice.

After receiving the letter, Huang Taiji issued an edict to Prince Manzhu, the King of Korqin Dorobatulu, asking him to gather all Mongolian troops in the east and west of the Mo and prepare to send troops to the west of the Mo.

At the city of Guihua, Dorgon, who had been siege for 12 days, was in a very bad mood. On the 12th day of the city of Qing, the Qing army had made no progress, but instead left more than 6,000 corpses under the city. Three days ago, the Qing army had climbed up to the city. At that time, Dorgon was overjoyed and immediately ordered the Manchu Eight Banners to take the opportunity to climb the city! As a result, the Manchu Eight Banners died on the city, but was beaten by the firearms at the city. The thick armor could not stop the firearms from shooting at the close range. Even the simplest three-eyed gun, it should not be too easy to break the three layers of thick armor within ten steps.

The Manchu Eight Banners who climbed the city became a death squad. More than 1,000 Manchu Eight Banners, including more than 100 white-armored soldiers, were killed and injured at the top of the city. The defenders in the city threw out the turbulent tank again and threw down ten thousand enemies under the city, blowing up and burning the ladder, making it impossible for the Manchu Eight Banners who came to the city to climb to the top of the city. As a result, all the more than 1,000 Manchu Eight Banners who went up to the city were killed at the top of the city.

"Master Beile, Prince Korqin is here." A white-armored soldier walked into the tent and knelt on his way to Dorgon.

"Okay! That's great! Let him in!"

"twitter!"

After a while, the Mongolian Prince Manzhu Xili brought Hubirtu, Zhuoliktu, Lamuxixi and other Mongolian Beile into the tent.

"Xiao Wang has met Mr. Beile!"

"I've met Mr. Beile!"

Man Zhu Xili claimed that Xiao Wang was not too servile, but Hurtur's men were also Beile, Dorgon was just Beile at present. Beile actually called himself a slave when he saw Beile.

"Everyone please get up quickly!" Dorgon stretched out his hand and needed to help him.

Man Zhu Xili and others stood up with the flow. After all, the Mongolian prince and Beile knelt down to Beile of the Manchu Eight Banners, and they felt a little confused. Although they also knew that Dorgon was the Prince of the Manchu Eight Banners sooner or later, hasn't he been named Prince yet?

"Please take your seat, everyone." Dorgon greeted.

A group of Mongolians sat on both sides, and Manzhu bowed to Dorgon on the main seat: "Master Beile, the emperor issued an order to ask everyone to go to the west of the Mo. There is a saying in the Han people that to capture the thief first! Although Ezhe is already a toothless tiger, he is a Mongolian Khan after all, and he has the imperial seal in his hand. If he can capture Ezhe, there is no need to worry that the Tumot tribe and the Khalkha tribe will not surrender to our Qing Dynasty!"

"Yes!" Dorgon nodded, "Benbeile is doing this! Siege is not your strength, and the Korqin people should use your tracking skills on the grassland! Ombu must have gone to Mobei to seek help! They deliberately left the defenders of Guihua City to restrain our army to buy time for them! Benbeile has observed that most of the Han people stationed in Guihua City are Han people! Han people are good at defending the city. Ombu wants to restrain our army and buy time. Then we must seize time. Before the arrival of the three Khalkha tribes, we will capture Ezhe alive! Force the three Khalkha tribes to surrender to our Qing Dynasty!"

Manzhu Xili asked, "Master Beile, what if Ezhe refuses to surrender?"
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