I want to be emperor

Chapter 525 The Battle of Liaoxi, Huang Taiji fainted (seven thousand two in one)

The arrival of the secret mission of the Great Chu Empire aroused great reactions from the top officials of the Tumote Department.

The Tumed tribe, this tribe was also a well-known tribe in Mongolia before. It was once the biggest external threat to the Ming Dynasty. Under the leadership of Altan Khan, it threatened the border areas of the Ming Dynasty many times. It caused the Ming Dynasty a headache during the Zhengde and Jiajing periods. , but then the tribe gradually declined.

Many years ago, Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Tribe tried to unify Monan Mongolia, during which he defeated Tumed and incorporated it.

However, some of the Tumed tribe did not choose to obey, but chose to flee eastward, and finally took refuge in Dongyao people for self-protection. These people were also called Dongtumed.

The remaining Tumed tribe was incorporated by Lin Dan Khan and continued to graze in Fengzhoutan. These people are called Xitumed.

However, with the rapid rise of the Dongyao people, the boss Chahar department could not hold on anymore, and the incorporated Xitumote department naturally retreated steadily, and fled to Qinghai with Lin Danhan for a time.

However, Lin Danhan died of illness in Qinghai not long after. The Chahar tribe and many of its vassal tribes suddenly had no leader, and internal opinions were not unified.

One of Lin Danhan's widows, Su Tai from the Yehenala tribe, and his son Ezhe had a fierce conflict with one of Lin Danhan's widows, Na Muzhong from the Borzigit tribe, and his posthumous son Abu Nai. Eventually the two groups parted ways.

As a result, the strength of the remnants of the Chahar tribe further declined, and they were finally defeated by the Dongbang people one by one.

After the two remnants were defeated by the Dongbang people, and many leaders were captured, they had to surrender one after another in order to survive.

As a result, the Dongyao people completely conquered Monan Mongolia, and started multiple entry operations to detour through Mongolia and plunder Northern Zhili.

The pressure on the northern defense of the Ming Dynasty suddenly rose several levels.

It was also from this time that the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Captives completely changed the situation. The Ming Dynasty changed from a strategic offensive to a strategic confrontation, and then evolved into a strategic defense.

However, during the process of the Dongyao people's conquest of Monan Mongolia, it was not peace, but launched many wars.

Years of war have caused heavy casualties on both sides, not only the main tribe of Chahar, but even the vassal of Situmet suffered heavy losses.

Although they were forced to surrender to the Dongbang people, and many high-level leaders of Tumed chose to fully surrender to the Dongbang people, the hatred in the past has not been extinguished, and many people still want to take revenge.

It's just that they were not strong enough before, and they had ideas but no ability.

And now, the people from Da Chu came to find him!
And as soon as it came up, the price was generously shouted out: tens of thousands of weapons such as swords, bows and arrows, and more than 1000 pairs of armor, enough to feed tens of thousands of soldiers and horses for a month.

That's not counting, there are two thousand first-year-style matchlock guns and twenty light field guns!
The secret envoy of the Great Chu Empire said in an extremely flat tone: "My Great Chu Empire has a vast land and resources, and a few weapons, food, and grass are nothing. As long as you do things for the empire with all your heart, it doesn't matter whether you are rich, rich, or weapons.

"The Zheng family, the former overlord of the sea, had 20 troops, more than [-] ships, and their troops spread across thousands of miles of sea. However, they were still convinced by my emperor, and they took the initiative to surrender. The vice-admiral of the Imperial Navy, commanding the large fleet to expand the territory of the empire and guard the sea for thousands of miles."

"Yarqiang in the Western Regions surrendered to our empire the year before last. The son of heaven named Qihan as the king of Turpan and gave him a lot of guns and weapons. In the end, Yaerqiang blocked the eastward advance of the Zhungeer tribe by relying on the guns, guns and food donated by the empire, ensuring that The ancestral temple is not lost."

"Before this envoy left Jinling, His Majesty issued an oral order: Mongolia has been my land of China since ancient times, and the Mongolian herdsmen have been my distant relatives in China since ancient times. If they surrender, they should be treated equally, and they should be given surnames, obedience, and books."

The leader of Tumed asked: "What about the grazing land? Can we still keep Fengzhou Beach?"

The emissary said: "Fengzhou Beach is originally the territory of the empire, and the people of the empire are free to work and live legally in any territory of the empire, and Fengzhou Beach is no exception!"

"The empire will be fully open to you!"

"There is no need to give special land for grazing, because you can go there to graze if you want."

However, some people showed disdain: "Fully open? It sounds good, you guys are obviously trying to swallow us up."

But the secret envoy chuckled: "Now the empire is for you to become a part of the empire, a part of China!"

"Think about it, you are all the top figures in your ministry, and your treatment will not be lower after you surrender. In the future, your descendants will be born in the prosperous Jinling City in the south of the Yangtze River. Once they are born, they will be able to enjoy the splendor of civilization and top-notch medical resources. and educational resources will be available for them."

"When your son is a little older, he can go to the academy to study and understand the principles. If he studies literature, he can enter the Imperial Academy to rule the world. If he studies martial arts, he can enter the Military Academy to expand the territory."

"A daughter can also be cultivated to become a lady of the family, knowledgeable and courteous!"

"The lives of your children will become bright and beautiful because of your correct choices!"

Speaking of this, the secret envoy paused for a while, and then looked around: "Don't blame me for speaking badly, because I strongly oppose providing you with this kind of treatment!"

"Even in the empire, how many people want to live in the prosperous south of the Yangtze River and enjoy the top medical and educational resources are not able to do so."

"But..." The secret envoy bowed his hands to the south at this time: "My emperor is benevolent, and I am willing to give you a chance, a chance to change your future generations. As a subject, I will act according to the order unconditionally."

"Barbarians and civilizations are all in your mind!"

"Finally, this envoy reminds you that the empire will only select one of the sixteen tribes in Monan!"

"The selected tribes will become part of the empire, and the unselected tribes will disappear in the dust of history."

"If you understand history, especially the history of your ancestors, then you will understand that any Central Plains dynasty will attack the grassland after it rises to power, without exception for thousands of years!"

"The empire is a traditional dynasty that upholds Zhou rituals, and naturally it is no exception!"

Threats and temptations, and the attitude is extremely arrogant!

The attitude of this secret envoy attracted a lot of Tumed's senior officials, and they wanted to pull him out and chop him up, but they really didn't have the guts.

There is no need for this!

It is absolutely unacceptable to use one's will in front of such a military and national event. It is easy to say whether to submit to the Great Chu Empire or not. If you refuse, you will refuse!

But if you cut down all the envoys of the Great Chu Empire, it will directly lead to war.

The Chu army has hoarded a lot of troops on the front line of Xuanda, and there are not a few cavalry. If they really want to fight out, they will be able to kill Fengzhou Beach in a short time...then they will not be able to stop them.

The Tumed Department is no longer the Tumed Department of the Altan Khan period...

Now they are just an ordinary tribe.

However, they still have hatred and even ambition!

This kind of ambition will expand rapidly under the water of the devil...

That night, when Tumet's top executives were discussing internally, civil strife broke out, and they fought directly in the tent.

Shouts filled the night sky, and blood stained the tents and the ground.

In the middle of the night, Bose, the former leader of the Tumed tribe and the son of the fifth Shunyi King Ombu, walked out of the tent covered in blood, holding a scimitar that had already been curled. Tummet high-level!
Immediately afterwards, Brose urgently asked the secret envoy of the Great Chu Empire, expressing his willingness to lead the people to submit to the Great Chu Empire and become a part of the Great Chu Empire!

The secret envoy immediately accepted his submission on behalf of the Great Chu Empire, and according to the finalized surrender plan before the envoy, he was canonized as Uncle Guihua, a major general of the army, and a young and strong soldier in Xitu Mote's department, who was incorporated into the Sixth Cavalry Division.

These are established plans that have already been finalized by the superiors, as long as the other party agrees to submit, they can be directly presented.

Of course, the follow-up knighting ceremony still needs to be made up in Jinling City, and the army will send someone to officially confer the title on Brose.

When Brose shaved off his hair, put on a big bald head, and put on the general uniform of the Great Chu Empire Army, he was also relieved!
In fact, he had already been in contact with the Military Information Department of the Army Staff Department of the Great Chu Empire, and now he just took advantage of the secret envoy's arrival to officially launch it.

Bose, he is the former leader of the Tumed tribe, the son of Ombu, the fifth Shunyi king, and Ombu was defeated when he followed Lindan Khan against the Dongyao people, and he was forced to submit to the Dongyao people, but his heart has always been dissatisfied of.

And Dongyao was also worried about him. Although he granted the title at the beginning, he quickly found an excuse to revoke his title, deprived him of his control over the Xitumed tribe, and supported other people to control the power of Xitumed.

The regime of King Shunyi in the Tumed tribe has officially declared its demise!
If there are no external changes, the Shunyi king's regime will be completely over, and it will be gradually and actually controlled by the Eastern Abductees in the future.

But with the rise of the Great Chu Empire, all this changed.

After the Great Chu Empire took control of the Xuanda Line, they could have direct contact with Xitumot. After all, not far north from the Xuanda Line, it was the Fengzhoutan area where Tumed had controlled and lived since the time of Altan Khan.

A considerable part of the war horses that the Great Chu Empire obtained from the Monan Mongolian grasslands through smuggling transactions were provided by the Tumed Department.

During this process, the Tumed tribe has established a secret connection with the Great Chu Empire, and the Ombu father and son are in charge of these affairs.

However, the actions of the Ermubu father and son were quickly noticed by the Dongyao people. Last winter, the Dongyao people wanted to further strengthen their control over Monan Mongolia, mainly Xitumet near the Xuanda area, and prevent the Great Chu Empire from attacking them. Situmut's penetration.

They sent people over and took away Ermubu and his eldest son directly, saying that they wanted him to go to Shenyang to enjoy the blessings, but in fact they took him away under house arrest, leaving only his second son, Bose, who was in his twenties.

Brose doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of his father and brother, and has been actively contacting the Great Chu Empire in recent months!

Even if it was to protect himself, he had to do something!

At the same time, he was also contacting other high-level leaders of the Tumed tribe, trying to win other people to support him directly, but it was not going well.

Among the top management of Tumed, more people are still happy to see the misfortune of Omubu and his son!
The Ermubu father and son are not unlucky, how did they come to power and control power?

So, taking advantage of the opportunity when the emissary arrived, Brose chose to take the risk!
Directly launched a violent attack at the high-level meeting, and killed several other high-level officials who opposed him and also opposed the submission to the Great Chu Empire.

Immediately afterwards, the righteous name of the son of Ombu took control of this Mongolian tribe with a long history, and at the same time he was recognized by the Great Chu Empire.

Xitu Mote, from this day on, completely broke away from the Eastern captives, and then surrendered to the Great Chu Empire.

Moreover, this kind of submission, as the secret envoy of the Great Chu Empire said, is not the kind of submission similar to that of a vassal state, but directly integrates into the Great Chu Empire from beginning to end and becomes a part of the Great Chu Empire.

Brose himself was conferred the title of Earl of the Great Chu Empire, the title of Major General of the Army, and the commander of the Sixth Cavalry Division.

The rest of Tumed's tribe will also become subjects of the Great Chu Empire.

They will be able to live freely in this country like other citizens of the Great Chu Empire in the future!

A few days after Brose surrendered, the Second Army on Xuanda's side learned the news, and immediately issued an order to recruit the Sixth Cavalry Division to be under the command of the Second Cavalry Army, and at the same time sent officials from the Ministry of Military Affairs to serve as the Sixth Cavalry Division. Registered soldiers.

The follow-up Tumed soldiers of the Sixth Cavalry Division will enjoy the same treatment as other soldiers of the Great Chu Empire Army.

When Brose saw a large amount of food, cloth, tea and other daily necessities transported from Xuanda, as well as the most important weapons such as swords, spears and even guns, he was also relieved.

A few days ago, after killing other high-level leaders, in order to convince other middle- and lower-level leaders, Brose patted his chest and promised that he would be able to get a large amount of food, grass and weapons from the south to make him live a good life.

And now, he didn't slip up!

At the same time, there is no need to worry about the division of the tribe.

After Lin Dan Khan conquered the Tumed tribe many years ago, the Tumed tribe split into two parts. A large number of Tumed people moved eastward and defected to Dongcap, which caused the strength of the Tumed tribe on the Fengzhoutan side to be greatly affected. Big loss.

Now, Brose is actually very worried that the tribe will split!

Fortunately, with the large amount of material assistance from the Great Chu Empire, Brose quickly stabilized the hearts of the tribesmen.

There is food and drink, and not to mention being a soldier in battle, you can also receive military pay. This is very rare for herdsmen, especially the bottom-level herdsmen, who have lived in poverty for a long time and are extremely short of living materials.

The recruitment of the Sixth Cavalry Division went so smoothly that countless young men from the Tumet tribe signed up to join the army without Brose calling.

It can even be said that every eligible young man has signed up!
Not only them, but even young adults from several nearby small tribes who vassalized them flocked here.

It is rare for a soldier to fight a battle and receive money.

In the past, the adults above kept ordering, so they had to prepare their own food, war horses and weapons to fight for the lords.

Now, although you have to bring your own horses, you don't need to bring weapons or food, and you can manage your food and even receive military pay.

There has never been such a good thing on the grassland!
The officials of the Military and Political Department rushed over and selected the applicants again and again, but finally found that there were too many people...

As a result, the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs urgently reported to Jinling to request an increase in the establishment, and at the same time accommodated [-] cavalry in the name of recruit battalions. Commanded by the Second Cavalry Corps.

In this way, just from Tumed and its affiliated tribes, the Great Chu Empire recruited two cavalry divisions with nearly ten thousand personnel!

And more importantly, the cavalry in these two cavalry divisions all provided their own horses, and most of them even brought more than three, or even four or five horses to serve directly.

Mongolian cavalry, if you don't bring three horses, you are ashamed to say that you are a Mongolian cavalry!
The cavalrymen of the Sixth Cavalry Division and the Naturalized Recruit Battalion also need to undergo certain adaptive training, mainly to be familiar with the first-year matchlock gun and how to cooperate with the cavalry artillery.

As for the specific tactics, it is naturally the traditional cavalry cavalry.

Everyone is familiar with these things, but there is no need to engage in any special tactical training. After all, riding and archery, in fact, everyone plays almost the same thing. This is true for Mongolian cavalry, and the same is true for Mingbian Army cavalry. Even the current Eastern captive cavalry is similar.

Although the Chu army is trying to develop cuirassiers and hussars, in terms of numbers, musketeers and traditional cavalry are the main force.

Generally speaking, the cavalry units and divisional cavalry in the Chu army are generally dragoons developed from half-baked cavalry infantry.

The traditional professional cavalry, who are good at riding and shooting, were incorporated into the cavalry brigades. After accepting a large number of Ming army frontier cavalry, this model was also adopted. Therefore, the current cavalry brigades in the Chu army , cavalry divisions, are typical oriental traditional cavalry cavalry.

The [-]st, [-]nd, and [-]rd Cavalry Divisions of the [-]rd Army on the Jiliao Line, and the [-]th and [-]th Cavalry Divisions of the [-]nd Army on the Xuanda Line all had this type of cavalry.

Therefore, the Great Chu Empire Army is also very familiar with cavalry and archery, and even this is the current main combat method among the cavalry of the Chu Army.

As for the cuirassiers, there is only one cuirassier regiment of the Guards for the time being, and it is still the cavalry of the Guards, which has nothing to do with the army.

The hussars are currently organized into only four cavalry regiments, with a total of just over 2000 cavalry.

Because of their familiarity with cavalry and archery cavalry, the cavalry of the Sixth Cavalry Division and the Naturalized Recruit Battalion were able to smoothly integrate into the cavalry combat system of the Second Army.

A few days later, the [-]th Cavalry Division of the Second Army arrived at Naturalization along with part of the artillery and logistics units that were transferred separately. Cavalry artillery and supply soldiers.

The core general of the imperial traditional cavalry, Lieutenant General Zhao Hongshu was ordered to serve as the commander of the Second Cavalry Army under the Second Army, commanding the Fourth Cavalry Division, the Sixth Cavalry Division, and the Guihua Recruit Battalion, a total of more than [-] cavalry.

After the basic reorganization was completed, Lieutenant General Zhao Hongshu immediately led the Second Cavalry Army to advance northeastward in accordance with the orders of the top level of the group army, preparing to launch a war of conquest against other tribes in Monan Mongolia.

This military operation with cavalry as the core was temporarily planned by the Second Army, and the main purpose was not to conquer and unify Mongolia, but to shake the control of the Eastern captives over Monan Mongolia and interrupt the East China Sea. The possibility of the captives receiving a large number of cavalry assistance from Monan Mongolia.

It would be best to be able to contain some of the troops of the Eastern Captives from advancing westward to Monan Mongolia, so that the pressure on the west of Liaoning will be even less.

In the end, it was to cooperate with the third army in the west of Liaoning!

The Liaoxi battlefield is the main battlefield that determines the outcome of the Great Chu Empire and the Eastern Captive Qing Kingdom. Whether it was the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield before that or the newly opened Monan Mongolian battlefield, they are all secondary battlefields.

When Zhao Hongshu led the Second Cavalry Army to quickly launch operations, there was turmoil in Monan Mongolia. The news that the Tumote tribe had betrayed Dongyao and surrendered to the Great Chu Empire, and cooperated with the Great Chu Empire to send troops to other tribes, also quickly spread to Jinzhou!

Huang Taiji, who had just led a large number of troops to reinforce Jinzhou and was preparing to deal with the crisis in the Liaoxi Corridor, heard the news, he didn't speak for a long time, and finally just sighed!
anger?Anger is useless, all he has is helplessness.

With the situation so bad, he felt more and more powerless.

On the other side of the Liaoxi Corridor, the Chu thieves on the opposite side mobilized their troops on a large scale with movements visible to the naked eye, and their strategic intentions of advancing eastward did not even bother to hide it!
Well, with 10,000+ people, there is actually no way to hide the transfer of a large number of food, grass, ammunition, and medical supplies. There is no need for any special spies. The Dongyao people randomly send a few spies to squat on those main roads for a few days, and they can see the Chu army. Very frequent transfers.

And behind this abnormal transfer, it often means war!

After receiving the news of the abnormal mobilization of the Chu army in western Liaoning, Huang Taiji rushed from Shenyang to Jinzhou, and brought with him a small strategic reserve force of [-] troops. Some are the newly recruited birth girls, and some are simply forcibly recruited North Koreans.

That's right, Huang Taiji, who is tense in military strength, can no longer care about the quality of his military resources, and even the North Koreans have been captured as soldiers...

There are really too many places where the Eastern captives need to use their troops!

On the other side of the Liaodong Peninsula, tens of thousands of Chu troops were stationed here, forcing the Dongbao people to maintain at least 6 or [-] troops on the Liaodong Peninsula at all times, otherwise Gaizhou would be over in a matter of minutes, and Shenyang would also be lost.

Then Gaizhou, the entrance of the Yalu River and other coastal areas also need to maintain a certain amount of troops to prevent the Chu army from landing on the coast. Although these places do not have many troops in each place, the coastline that needs to be deployed is too long. Speaking of which, the required troops are not a small number.

Adding up these directions, the 10,000+ troops assembled by the Eastern Abductees are not enough... they can only continue to dig out the internal forces and recruit troops from the vassal states at the same time.

On the other side of Mongolia, the tribes that are close to the Dongyao people and directly controlled by the Dongyao people can no longer squeeze out the source of troops.

Otherwise, Huang Taiji would not have chosen to recruit soldiers from the Koryo Peninsula, they were all forced.

This troop strength is already tense enough, but now the Tumed tribe rebelled again, and colluded with the Chu barbarians to set off a war in Monan Mongolia. Under the attack of the soldiers, they surrendered to the Great Chu Empire in a sudden change.

The situation in Monan Mongolia has undergone drastic changes!
Extremely unfriendly changes to the Dong captives!
At this time, whether it was rescue or suppression, Huang Taiji had to make a quick decision, otherwise, before the Chu army came from the Liaoxi Corridor, the Monan Mongolia would have to be lost.

The loss of Monan Mongolia will not only bring about the loss of land, but more importantly, the Dongcap will lose the vital source of war horses and the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners.

This is beyond the tolerance of the Eastern Captives!
Ever since, after hearing the news, even though the situation was very bad, Huang Taiji put together more than 5 troops to fight towards Monan Mongolia.

It's just that the mobilization of troops this time not only sent away some of the elite reinforcements he brought, but also forced to mobilize the elite troops in Liaohetao and Jinzhou.

The strength of the Liaoxi defense line has not increased but decreased, especially the Jinzhou front line, which is a strategic rear and hoarding a strategic reserve team, can't even gather more than [-] elites.

As for the [-] North Koreans... come on...the reason why they haven't escaped yet is because the Dongyao people's knives are fast and sharp.

Huang Taiji recruited them here purely to use them as coolies to carry all kinds of supplies...Because Huang Taiji had already recruited a large number of young and strong civilians who served as logistics staff as soldiers, and the logistics personnel he hired were not enough. That's why young men were recruited from the Koryo Peninsula.

The defense line in western Liaoning is insufficient, and Jinzhou is empty and lacks a strategic reserve team!

Under such a situation, Huang Taiji could only pray that the Chu army on the opposite side would not move so fast, and it would be best to wait until the Mongolian rebellion in Monan was directly put down before attacking the Liaoxi Corridor.

However... as the Great Chu Empire, which single-handedly promoted the current situation, how could it possibly let go of this opportunity!

In order to mobilize the enemy's forces, the Chu army has been busy since last year, and now it has finally opened up the situation, and its own forces have already been prepared. At the same time, winter and even cold spring have passed, and it is early summer!

All the conditions for dispatching troops have been met!

On April 23rd of the sixth year of Chengshun, Zuo Yingzhe, commander of the Third Army of the Great Chu Empire, signed a combat order, ordering all the divisions of the army to formally send troops to western Liaoning according to the predetermined combat plan!
On the same day, the First Cavalry Corps formed by the three cavalry divisions belonging to the Third Army had already left Shanhaiguan directly, and acted as the vanguard of the whole army and rushed to the front line of Guangning.

Subsequently, the Ninth Army and some troops directly under the Third Army left Shanhaiguan and went straight to the city of Zhongqian in Guangning.

There is the first strategic goal of the Chu army!
At the same time, one and a half divisions of the Guards, plus the Fourth Cuirassier Regiment, a total of more than [-] people, under the command of Qian Taizhongjing, marched eastward from about five kilometers north of Shanhaiguan!
The Eighth Army to the north of the Guards also marched eastward together!
Further north of the Eighth Army, there are several independent cavalry brigades, second-class divisions and other troops, and the sixth army. These sixth armies are the core strength of the Chu army, and they are also many small fortresses that have begun to garrison the Dongyao people on the front line. The onslaught was launched.

The Third Army and Guards of the Great Chu Empire Army, with more than 16 troops and hundreds of artillery pieces, launched a fierce attack on the Dongyao people on the opposite side on a front tens of kilometers wide!
All of a sudden, the Eastern Liao people's defense line in western Liaoning was in a hurry!
Sitting in Jinzhou, Huang Taiji, who is coordinating and commanding all fronts and coordinating the overall situation, heard that when the front line in western Liaoning was attacked by the Chu army, he was stunned while reading the memorial, and the brush in his hand slipped without knowing it!

After a while, I saw him say in a calm but still flustered tone: "Call the kings, Baylor, and ministers to discuss politics."

After the people left to deliver the order, Huang Taiji took a few deep breaths and stroked his chest with his hands, trying to calm himself down again!

As an emperor, the backbone in the eyes of all kings and ministers, he must not be chaotic, but must be steady!

Just like when his father Nurhachi passed away, he can't be chaotic, he must keep absolute calm to make the best judgment and choice!

But he found that this time he took several deep breaths and couldn't calm himself down.

The heart under the palm of his right hand was beating, fast and urgent!
Immediately afterwards, Huang Taiji's eyes darkened and he fell to the ground!
The guards outside the door heard the sound and rushed in, and when they saw Huang Taiji who had fallen to the ground, they hurriedly shouted: "Come here, come here..."

(End of this chapter)