Chapter 158: Dog-like Lin Danhan

Seeing this, Zhao Lujiao had no choice but to continue watching patiently, but after this look, his expression suddenly became strange.

"Your Majesty actually requested to pacify the Jianzhou Jurchens before sending troops to southern Mongolia..."

Zhao Lujiao said with a smile: "Lin Dan Khan is not a fool. Not to mention how long it will take to quell Huang Taiji's rebellion, even if it is quelled, won't Lin Dan Khan worry that our dynasty will break its promise?"

After saying this, Zhao Lujiao chuckled and shook his head, as if mocking Chongzhen for treating Ligdan Khan as a fool, which was a bit naive.

Although Lin Danhan has indeed been as stupid as a mad dog in recent years, he has not been stupid to this extent.

It sounds good that the two sides will form an alliance, and after Huang Taiji is eliminated, the Ming court will help Ligdan Khan unify the south of the desert. Will the Ming court's words still count at that time?
Moreover, during the 260 years of the Ming Dynasty, from Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to Chengzu Zhu Di, and then to Chenghua Li Ting, it was obviously impossible for the Ming court to sit idly by and watch the Mongolian tribes grow stronger.

Simply put, Huang Taiji was a major threat to the Ming Dynasty. But were the Mongolian Tartars not the same?

Therefore, not only were Chongzhen's alliance conditions fake at first glance, they also revealed an air of treating Ligdan Khan as a fool.

I really don’t know whether Chongzhen was stupid or he thought Lin Danhan was a fool.

However, Yuan Chonghuan said strangely: "Xilong (Zhao Rujiao's name), I think that Lin Danhan may agree. Our young emperor may not be as naive as you and I think. On the contrary, I admire your majesty more and more!"

Yuan Chonghuan pointed to a passage in Chongzhen's edict and said, "You see, the condition that your majesty gave to Ligdan Khan is that as long as Ligdan Khan is willing to send troops to strengthen the strength of the Dorlot tribe and control the passage from Liaodong to Mongolia.

We can first send troops to help the Dorlot tribe capture the 36 families of Kharchin. Dorlot is one of the eight great Okto tribes of Chahar. If Dorlot gets it, it means that Ligdan Khan gets it. "

"And all Lin Dan Khan needs to do is to send troops to join our army in attacking the 36 families of Kharchin from the front and back! Lin Dan Khan was already at war with Kharchin, so the so-called front and back attack is just a convenience. It is equivalent to our Ming Dynasty sending troops to help him capture Kharchin. Lin Dan Khan will definitely not refuse!"

"Kalaqin is located in a vast grassland with abundant grass and water, and a large number of people and livestock. When Ligdan Khan was fighting everywhere and needed supplies, he only needed to send a part of his troops to garrison Kalaqin.

At that time, the reinforcements can not only rely on each other with Dorlot to control the passage from Liaodong to Mongolia, but also continuously transport food, grass, cattle and sheep to Lin Danhan's headquarters. Why not do this?"

Zhao Lujiao was puzzled and asked: "So, Lin Danhan has no reason to refuse, but how will this benefit the situation in Liaodong?"

"Of course, I am not blind to the dangers of preventing Huang Taiji from extending his tentacles to Mongolia. I also understand that doing so will be equivalent to blocking the possibility of Huang Taiji using Mongolia to attack the Ming Dynasty, but that is all."

"It's probably unrealistic to expect Lin Danhan to take further drastic military action against Huang Taiji!"

Yuan Chonghuan looked at him strangely and said, "Xilong, you are still too young to see that this is the key to a successful alliance!"

"As long as Lingdan Khan sends troops to live in Kalaqin, Lingdan Khan and Huang Taiji will become mortal enemies!"

Zhao Lujiao was surprised to hear this and immediately asked, "What do you mean? Please teach me, Governor!"

Yuan Chonghuan said mysteriously: "Now the Duolot tribe was saved by our Ming Dynasty. At the critical moment, Gulu Taiji's Khan Ligdan did not send troops to save him. Instead, it was our Ming Dynasty that saved him. Not to mention that Duolot has lived outside Jinzhou City for generations and is close to our Ming Dynasty." "As long as Ligdan Khan agrees to join us in a pincer attack to capture Kharchin, with Ligdan Khan's greed, I'm afraid that there won't be many people and animals left for Duolot. At that time, we will come forward as friendly forces to fight for spoils and pastures for Duolot. Guess, will the Duolot tribe be more grateful to our Ming Dynasty or more loyal to Ligdan Khan?"

Zhao Lujiao said without hesitation: "If I were Gulu, I wouldn't have to wait until this moment. If Lin Dan Khan had just moved west and left me to fend for myself in Chahar, I would have stopped obeying him."

Yuan Chonghuan slapped the table and said, "That's right!"

"By then, the entire Dorot tribe will not only be completely loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but will also have to completely turn to the Ming Dynasty out of practical considerations."

"If Huang Taiji attacks again, we can just open the city and let the Dorlots take refuge in, and then we can sit back and watch Huang Taiji go straight to Kalaqin and kill all the reinforcements that Ligdan Khan left in Kalaqin!"

"By then, there will be no buffer between Lin Danhan and Huang Taiji. Lin Danhan will either choose to join forces with our Ming Dynasty to snipe Huang Taiji, or he will have to stay in Tumote for the rest of his life!"

"We also have to face the danger of Huang Taiji marching westward and heading straight to Tumed. Moreover, if Lin Danhan really doesn't know how to handle current affairs, we can just flirt with Bu Shitu, the current Shunyi King of Tumed."

"Lindan Khan must be worried that the Ming Dynasty will form an alliance with Bu Shitu. By then, Lindan Khan Tumed will not be able to stay there, and the Mongolian left wing such as Kharchin and Chahar will not be able to return either. They can only wait for death!"

"As the saying goes, a cornered dog will jump over the wall. I don't believe that Lin Danhan would rather wait for death or go to war with the Ming Dynasty and the Bu Shitu coalition than to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty to attack Huang Taiji!"

Zhao Lujiao suddenly understood.

In the Ming Dynasty's planning, the entire Mongolia south of the desert was divided into two parts: the left wing and the right wing.

The strongest left-wing force is the Tumed tribe, which once accepted the title of Shunyi King from the Ming Dynasty. The current Shunyi King is Bu Shitu.

The strongest right-wing force was the Chahar tribe led by Ligdan Khan, who claimed to be the legitimate Khan.

It was just that Chahar was frightened crazy by Huang Taiji, or perhaps out of the idea of ​​"pacifying the country before fighting the enemy", he planned to occupy the left wing of Mongolia first, so he gave up the right wing of Mongolia without hesitation.

It has to be said that Lin Danhan's train of thought was indeed bizarre as he gave up the territory he had already obtained in order to grab half of the territory where it was still uncertain whether he could get it.

Historically, the Tumed were indeed defeated by Ligdan Khan, and Shunyi King Bushitu fled to the Hetao area, where he died of illness shortly afterwards.

However, Lindan Khan did not enjoy his glory for long as Huang Taiji launched three westward expeditions to Mongolia. The Mongolian tribes, big and small, who were afraid of the mad dog Lindan Khan and had surrendered to Huang Taiji, joined forces and completely drove Lindan Khan out of the entire southern Mongolia.

Lin Danhan himself died of illness on his way to Qinghai, which was a sad ending.

I really don't know why this guy fought to the death, called himself the leader of Mongolia, but was finally driven out of his hometown by the entire Mongolia and foreign enemies, and ended up dying in a foreign land!

The worst thing was that three or four years after Lindan Khan's death, his son Ezhe offered his father's eight wives to Huang Taiji and led the remaining Chahar tribes to surrender to the Jiannu.

(End of this chapter)