stubborn thief

Chapter 299

From Qilian Mountains to Golmud, [-] Mongolian athletes from the north galloped freely, dividing and encircling the scattered tribes of Tumote Guru Taiji in Qinghai, or recruiting or annihilating them, and fought one after another simply and beautifully.

In this ever-changing era, among all the Mongolian feudal lords walking on the land, Chuck Rabbit is considered an outlier.

He was born in a prominent family in Khalkha, and he is an authentic descendant of the golden family. When the power of the Khan Court fell and was unable to control the lords of the various wings, it seemed that every descendant of the golden family felt that he could be a great sweat.

Only this little lord born in Khalkha is still full of loyalty to Lin Danhan of Chahar, and supports every decision made by Lin Danhan, and even fights for it.

As early as ten years ago, in his poems, he compared Lin Dan to a virtuous king in the world who was comparable to the emperor of heaven, and compared himself to the Liangbi who assisted the virtuous king.

It's a pity that Lin Dan Khan's decision-making sometimes goes to the left with Khalkha's interests and beliefs, so now others are still in Khalkha, but Chuoketu, who is over fifty years old, has come to Qinghai.

From Liu Chengzong's point of view, Chuoketu's attack on Qinghai is similar to robbery, but to Chuoketu, it is the sum of loyalty, hatred and survival.

He is not going to rob, but to completely conquer Qinghai.

Chuoketu wanted to do this ten years ago, but he had just arrived outside Gansu at that time, and his tribe was too weak to attack the powerful Huoluochi family of the Tumed tribe.

For this reason, he hibernates in a bitterly cold place to graze and raise horses. On the one hand, he takes in the Mongols from the northeast, and on the other hand, he waits for the opportunity to send his confidants into Qinghai to attach himself to the lord of the Huoluochi family.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. All kinds of information are sent to the borders of Gansu through his subordinates. Although there are many Huoluochi tribesmen, they are still in a half-dead state due to the blockade of Ming Dynasty. shortage.

And the two most powerful sons of Huo Luochi's family, accompanied by their father's death, initiated many internal strife, further weakening their strength.

Chuck Rabbit's opportunity has come. As long as it successfully enters Qinghai, it will not only solve the problem of survival, but also lay a solid foundation for the Khan court to recuperate.

It is strange to say that a Khalkateji with noble blood, weak strength, loyalty to the Great Khan, and extremely aggressive, after being expelled from the headquarters by the headquarters, was pursued by enemies from all directions. How could his power expand rapidly in a short period of time? , Become a Khan with [-] soldiers in the outskirts of Qinghai?
Because of the cold and Huang Taiji who is five thousand miles away.

The cold brought famine to the northern tribes, forcing the tribes to migrate south, and the south was obviously not a good place under Houjin's offensive.

But in this story, the role played by Hou Jinhuang Taiji is not a villain.

Under Hou Jin's oppression, many Mongolian lords were in the middle of the cracks. Lin Danhan's eyes could not rub the sand.

Huang Taiji kept throwing sand at Lin Dan. Lin Danhan couldn't directly attack Hou Jin who was throwing sand, but could only rub his eyes harder.

The continuous military victories and the continuous offending of the feudal lords eventually caused the marginal tribes to rebel and join Huang Taiji's command. Lin Dan Khan was getting farther and farther away from his dream of unification.

More and more radical policies made Chahar Khan and the lords at odds, and many tribes moved westward. What is there in the west?
Wala is not a good thing. He was hired by the Ming Dynasty to attack tribes such as Tumote several times.

More and more herdsmen from various tribes of Mongolia arrived outside the border with their families and became the leaders of Chuoketu Taiji. Chuoketu's preparations for starving in the desert for several years came into play.

There is no way to support so many Mongols outside the borders of Gansu, and the surrounding enemies are all strong. There are not many lands that can support this large alliance of losers.

Who is the weakest here, who occupies the most fertile land, and who is greatly reduced in brotherly rivalry?

The answer is ready to come out, the fire of Tumote's department is red!
Whether it is to assist Lin Danhan's great cause, or to feed these Mongolian athletes to avoid internal strife-they can only and must attack Qinghai.

The mighty Mongolian army engulfed Guru Taiji's territory.

The Heka Grassland belongs to Gu Rutaiji’s felt tent. Chuoke Tutaiji, who is over fifty years old, took out a bronze mirror with a lion handle from the spoils. The finely polished mirror accurately reflected the face of the old man suffering from smallpox.

In Khalkha, he also has a name called Chuoerhu Chuoketu, Chuoerhu means mottled, in simple terms it is pockmarked.

At this time, Chuoketu's [-] coalition forces have quickly captured the entire Heka grassland, and they have surrendered, expelled, or killed all the tribes that belonged to the ancient Rutaiji. Little Razun.

The military victories one after another greatly encouraged the troops, and also boosted Chuoketu's ambition to occupy Qinghai.

But Chuck Rabbit was still full of uneasiness in his heart. He didn't look at the bronze mirror to admire his old face. This pockmarked, weather-beaten face was nothing to look at.

It's because on the bronze mirror with a lion handle, there are two languages ​​in Chinese and Mongolian, and it says Qinghai Marshal's Mansion.

This gift from the Marshal's Mansion to Gu Rutaiji's wife is Liu Chengzong's secret to control Huoluochibu.

Entering Qinghai is a big event, and Chuoketu could have chosen to wait a little longer, but the news of Liu Chengzong's victory in the Southern Expedition came back, making him realize that this might be his last chance to capture Qinghai.

He is very clear about the situation in Qinghai. At this time, all the elite of Huoluo Chibu have entered Tibet, and the main force of Qinghai Marshal's Mansion is also going south to attack Duokang. There will never be such a good opportunity for him to attack Qinghai in the future.

This war is proceeding according to Chuoketu's plan. The first to be attacked is Gu Rutaiji, followed by Xiao Lazun, completely cutting off the connection between the north and the south of the Marshal's Mansion. If these two battles go well enough, he will There will be three months to deal with the Marshal's Mansion along the Qinghai Lake.

So far, the war against Guru Taiji has been going well, and Razun did not cross the river to help. At this time, even if Razun wanted to cross the river, it would be too late. The next step is to see if they can cross the Yellow River from the Heka Grassland and enter Xiaolazun of the territory.

However, the smooth offensive in the east-west direction does not mean that there is no pressure in the north-south direction.

The Marshal's Mansion is difficult to deal with. They have built a bunch of wooden forts everywhere, and they are still wrapping up bricks and stones, so Chuoke Rabbit's strategy is not to do anything with them.

Therefore, Chuoke Rabbit's attack did not touch the Chaka Salt Lake. Even if Gu Rutaiji's tribe was wiped out, Haixi County could still transport salt from the Salt Lake.

He even sent someone to Haixi County to express that he has no hostility towards the Marshal's Mansion, which is a matter within our Mongolians.

In the beginning, the two sides did not fight, but in the course of the battle, several post stations that had just been established were inevitably destroyed, and there were not many people and did not cause too much loss.

Chuck Rabbit thinks this is a big deal, and he will pay gold and silver if it is a big deal.

But the Marshal's Mansion joined the war.

The leader of the subordinates walked quickly into the felt tent, and reported with a very complicated expression: "Taiji, the cripple has hit him again."

Chuck Rabbit was so angry that he wanted to throw the bronze mirror down: "I won't mess with them anymore, what else do I want!"

The cripple in people's mouth is Liu Guoneng, the magistrate of the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion in Haixi. He had a good talk with Chuoketu's people at the beginning. After all, he is generous. two.

Liu Guoneng's entire Haixi County, including the garrison of the Zhonghu Department of Nanshan Fort, does not have 300 taels of gold in his entire family.

So both Liu Guoneng and Zhong Hu felt that you should hit you, as long as you don't move the salt lake, we won't care about you.

But the two still truthfully sent the news to Xining.

Liu Xiangyu was actually at a loss about the situation. The entire Marshal's Mansion knew nothing about the sudden emergence of the Mongolian Allied Forces. The main information pointed to the desert bandits. At first, he thought he knew how to send gold and silver. The desert bandits were quite interested in Wang Hua.

But Mrs. Cai blew the pillow wind and played a vital role in this battle.

Chuck Rabbit never dreamed that his plan was good everywhere, but the few small inns that didn't even have earth walls were bad.

Mrs. Cai doesn't understand and doesn't think about important national affairs. She just thinks that Chuck Rabbit is not a good person.

Because there is no post station, she cannot write to her son.

Liu Xiangyu thought about this matter. If the Tartars fought wars, if they really obeyed Wang Hua, why did they destroy several post stations in a row, resulting in the loss of contact between the north and the south of the Marshal's Mansion?
This dog thief probably has a big picture!
With a swipe of the pen, he wrote three words to Liu Guoneng's reply letter: fart, beating.

Liu Guoneng received this simple and rude letter on the first day of April, and he even suspected that Master Liu's seal had been stolen.

Seeing that the elegant and easy-going Mr. Liu was swearing, he had to fight. He called Zhong Hu and took the initiative to attack three times from Nanshan Fort in April, pinning down a large number of Chuoketu's troops.

Generally speaking, Chuck Rabbit is just bored with the jumping in the north. Nanshan Fort in Haixi County has only a thousand people. inside.

After all, Chuoketu knew the situation of the Marshal's Mansion. There was no mobile force there, and the fortress was sufficient for defense, and there was no room for a large-scale attack.

The militia armed at the source of the Yellow River is like a knife hanging over the head.

The station soldiers over there fought with him earlier than the Marshal's Mansion in the north. In mid-April, there were still a small team of a dozen people and two boats, attacking the Mongolian soldiers along the coast, and they should be wiped out in an instant.

But across the natural danger of the Yellow River, he was attacked several times in half a month, with dozens of casualties, and the guards sent more soldiers endlessly.
After careful analysis, there is really a key place to obtain time.

Chuoketu's calculation of the three months after Huoluochi was eliminated was based on Liu Chengzong's marching speed. According to the Mongols in Tumed, Liu Chengzong walked for three months from here to Nangqian.

It will take three months to come back, and to lay down a vast territory, he must disperse the garrison. The time to pass the news, gather the army, and forcibly collect supplies is enough for him to defeat Guru and Razun who do not have elite troops in their hands.

In this way, whether there are boats at the Yellow River ferry is very important.

For this reason, Chuoketu transferred another thousand-man team to head south, and it was bound to destroy the ferry and ships on the other side before Liu Chengzong went north to return to aid.

If Khalkha wanted to cross the river and destroy the ferry boats, he had to cross the river first, and to cross the river he had to build a ship.

If Zou Feng wanted to preserve himself, he could not let the enemy cross the river, and he had to build boats to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

With the arrival of this Khalkha thousand-man team, Zou Feng's pressure increased sharply, and even the camp was attacked by Mongolian soldiers on the night of the fifth day of May.

The water in some parts of the source of the Yellow River is very narrow. Dozens of Mongolian soldiers bit their knives and swam across. Although they were discovered by the Zhangren army, the largest gunboat ferry was still scuttled, and they could only watch more and more sampans being built by the Mongolians on the other side. .

However, it is not only the Mongols on the north bank of the Yellow River who will ask for reinforcements, Zou Feng will also, and his reinforcements are postmen from several post stations in the south.

All post stations understand the truth of death and cold teeth. There is a huge disparity between them and the Mongols. Before the arrival of the commander-in-chief's army from the north, the Yellow River is the only natural barrier to protect them. To protect this natural barrier, Zou Feng must be supported.

Reinforcement troops from the four post stations along the way arrived one after another. Some station officials sent four people, some station officials sent five people, and some station officials called for dozens of soldiers from the surrounding Xifan leaders.

People are not the most important thing. The arrival of the reinforcements brought a lot of firearms. Zou Feng can only command 32 lion soldiers, 180 Mongolian soldiers, and more than 25 Mongolian herdsmen, but he has six guns and six small guns. Cannons and [-] muskets can carry out long-range strikes across the Yellow River against enemy troops preparing to cross the river.

With reinforcements, Zou Feng's back became stiff and his heart became hardened, and he boasted about the cowhide raft while building the ship.

The Mongolian aristocrats stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River were not to be outdone, and saw that the advantage of this group of station soldiers was their firepower, so they even made thick and large shields and shot at Zou Feng across the river bank.

Anyway, the result is not good-looking. A big shield is nothing to a small cannon, and even a broken piece of wood can kill people.

After the old ferry was repaired, a new one was built. Two warships equipped with blunderbuss and guns and six [-]-jin coastal defense guns made Zou Feng the invincible overlord of the source of the Yellow River.

However, after fighting like this for more than a month, just as the situation was getting better, the enemy sent more troops, and even the Mongols appeared on the east side of the south bank of the Yellow River, which made Zou Feng helplessly decide to abandon the ferry and ordered The man drove the ferry to the nearby Great Lake Xingxinghai, and led nearly a thousand herdsmen to hide in the mountains.

This situation also made Liu Xiangyu in the north furious. His eldest son, Liu Chengzu, gathered all the manpower that could be maneuvered, and prepared to use [-] troops to rescue Xiao Lazun who was suppressed by Chuoketu's army.

As a result, Xiao Lazun didn't fight. He sent tens of thousands of family members, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled on the east bank of the Yellow River to seek refuge in Juerwan. He led more than [-] Mongolian soldiers who could fight and ran away.

The territory is gone, he will go to Uzang to be his living Buddha, and he will no longer care about the disputes in the world.

　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)