"The current Khan of Horqin is Weng Guodai, known as Batulu Huitaiji. He is the seventeenth grandson of Hesar, the younger brother of the Golden Khan.
He is cunning and has the name of the wise man on the grassland. "
Balik directly revealed the background of Weng Guodai without hesitation.
"Weng Guodai has recently been hooking up with the Yehe tribe of the Jurchen people in the north. It is said that they are going to fight the Jurchen people in Jianzhou together.
In the past two years, the Jurchen people in Jianzhou have risen very fast, and the other Jurchen people are very worried. "
"The Horqin people want to win over the Yehe tribe and strengthen themselves."
"The Horqin people have always wanted to be independent, but they are not strong enough, so they are still afraid to face the Buyan Chechen Khan!"
Qi Jiguang listened very carefully, even listening to the meat. When Bakri finished, Qi Jiguang nodded and then asked, "How many tribes are there in the Horqin?
Are they strong?
Where are they stationed? "
Pointing to the map behind him, Qi Jiguang said directly, "Point it out to I!"
Balik naturally did not dare to neglect. He quickly stood up and walked to the front of the map. At this moment, Balik was more certain that Daming definitely had an idea against Horqin.
In fact, did Qi Jiguang want to fight Horqin?
The answer was yes, he wanted to fight.
If he wanted to attack Chahar and Ordos tribe in the west, he must get rid of Horqin, and even build a city, he must get rid of the Horqin tribe.
In one sentence, it could be explained that no one could sleep next to the bed.
With Horqin watching from the side, nothing went well.
Balik introduced the distribution of the Horqin tribe to Qi Jiguang in detail.
"Horqin is divided into the left and right wings, with ten banners. The left and right wings each have five banners, each of which is different in size. The larger ones, such as the middle banner on the right wing of Horqin, have a population of 50,000 people, and 20,000 people who can fight."
"The entire Horqin Tribe has a population of four hundred thousand, and they can dispatch more than one hundred thousand soldiers."
Qi Jiguang looked at Balik and said in disbelief, "There are so many people in Horqin?"
Balik quickly nodded. "There are indeed so many people!"
Qi Jiguang fell into deep thought. If Horqin really had so many people, it would be a tough nut to crack!
It wasn't easy to chew, but Qi Jiguang had a feeling that there was more to it than meets the eye.
Seeing that Qi Jiguang was deep in thought, Balik didn't dare to say anything. He just stood there quietly.
After a while, Qi Jiguang came back to his senses. He looked at Balik and said with a smile, "Go on, what else is outstanding about Horqin?"
Balik thought for a while and said directly, "There are many beautiful women in Horqin."
Qi Jiguang was stunned. There are many beautiful women in Horqin?
Touching his chin, Qi Jiguang looked up at Balik and said, "You just said that the person in charge of Horqin is Weng Guodai. Is this person a fox on the grassland?"
"Yes, Grand Marshal!"
Balik didn't understand why Qi Jiguang asked this, but he didn't dare to be negligent and quickly answered.
Qi Jiguang nodded and then sighed with a smile, "What an old fox!"
Then, Qi Jiguang continued, "Well, there's nothing else for you to do here. Go back and get ready. We'll go to the capital in a few days."
Hearing this, Balik was so scared that he almost wet his pants.
Why did he flatter Qi Jiguang so much?
It was because he didn't want to go to the capital.
On this land, even if he had to rely on the Daming, Balik didn't have any psychological pressure. As long as the Daming still used him to lead the tribe, it was enough.
But if he went to the capital, the possibility of not coming back was too high.
Who knew if the emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty would directly chop off his head in a moment of unhappiness.
"Grand Marshal Qi, I think I can help!"
Balik felt that he still had a chance. If he didn't fight for it, he would be doomed. So he said, "I'm very familiar with Horqin."
"Whether it's the Horqin tribe or the surrounding tribes, I'm very familiar with them all!"
Qi Jiguang looked at Balik and had an idea. This guy seemed to be really useful.
After thinking for a while, Qi Jiguang said, "Since Balik Khan is willing to work for the Daming, then I will write to His Majesty and let the Great Khan atone for his crimes. I'll listen to I."
"Great Khan, you should also write a letter of apology and send it to the capital. What do you think?"
Of course, it was not a problem to write a letter of apology. It was not difficult at all. Barrick quickly said, "I'll listen to you, Marshal. I'm just a frog in a well. I'm really ashamed of myself for being so arrogant."
"I'll go back and write a letter of apology and ask for His Majesty's forgiveness."
Qi Jiguang nodded and then said, "Okay, then you can go back first!"
After Balik left, Qi Jiguang glanced at the guard beside him and said, "Go and invite the Zongbing and Deputy Zongbing, as well as all the doctors in the army."
"Yes!" The guard answered, turned around and went out to pass the order.
However, after the messenger left for a long time, the Zongbing and Deputy Zongbing came in from outside one after another. Qi Jiguang glanced at everyone's faces with a sullen face and asked unhappily, "Why did you arrive so late?"
Everyone's face suddenly changed. Qi Jiguang's strict management of the army was known to everyone present. Although the Grand Marshal didn't raise the Marshal's flag and beat the drums to gather the troops, it was obvious that he despised them for coming too late.
"Grand Marshal, it was I who brought the Zongbing to count the spoils."
"The spoils of war have been confiscated, but we can't take away the cattle and sheep. Many Daming merchants came to Shenyang to buy our spoils."
"I wanted to count the quantity and sell it to them."
"Our people don't know how to graze. Many cattle and sheep have died in the past two days."
The one who spoke was a doctor in the army. Although he was a doctor in the army, he was actually from the Commander-In-Chief's Office of the Five Armies. His responsibility was to record military merits and handle the spoils of war in the army.
Of course, he also had the right to supervise the army, but he only had the right to report and not the right to interfere.
To put it bluntly, if there was a problem, you could report it, but you couldn't express your opinion in the army.
Qi Jiguang glanced at the doctor and nodded. This was the doctor's responsibility, so he couldn't say anything.
However, Qi Jiguang still said, "This is the battlefield. Don't ruin the important things for some spoils of war."
"Yes, I understand!" The doctor quickly replied.
No matter what background or position they had, it was useless in front of Qi Jiguang.
Qi Jiguang swept his gaze across the crowd and said seriously, "Don't slack off. Horqin in the north is eyeing us like a tiger watching its prey. If we aren't careful, we will be in danger of being ambushed."
"I is preparing to make contact with Horqin. When you go back, reorganize your troops. If the contact with Horqin doesn't go smoothly, be prepared to lead the army to the north and attack Horqin."
Everyone's heart skipped a beat. Was the Grand Marshal going to attack Horqin?
When everyone heard this news, they were excited at first, but then they hesitated.
The Emperor didn't order them to attack Horqin. Was it appropriate to start a war like this?
The Emperor wouldn't blame them, right?