Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 242
"drive……"

Chilechuan, under the Yin Mountain...

The winter month in the fourth year of the apocalypse was colder than in previous years, and the messenger of Huoluochi also galloped on the snow without a horseshoe.

They crossed the frozen Yellow River and came to the Qiantao area where the temperature is relatively warm.

Compared with Hetao, which has become bitterly cold and desertified, Qiantao, Houtao, and Xitao may be slightly more livable places.

Among them, the most livable Xitao Ningxia area was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, while the front Tao in the Hohhot-Baotou area in later generations was slightly worse than the Hou Tao in the Bayannaoer area.

But even so, for the nomads walking on the grassland and grazing horses, these two places are still treasured geomantic omens.

Among them, especially the Qiantao area, the entire plain is flat, with suitable climate conditions, fertile soil, abundant water sources, rich in wheat and various vegetables, and is the "rice grain river" in the Hetao area.

Since the rise of Tumed Khan, these two places have been occupied by Al Dahan. After that, with the help of San Niangzi, I Dahan negotiated peace with Daming in the Longqing period and was named King of Shunyi, while Tumed The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls itself the Great Ming Dynasty.

At this point, the Tumed Department has completely reached its peak, dominating the western part of Monan, controlling the Hetao Ordos and Ningxia Ordos, occupying the northwest, and the Ming Dynasty also ushered in peace for more than ten years in the northwest.

It's just that all of this began to break after the death of An Dahan, and then completely collapsed after the death of Lali Ke and San Niangzi.

The new Shunyi King Bu Shitu failed to check and balance Su Nang Taiji's ability, but was driven by Su Nang Taiji to the northwest of Yinshan Mountain to graze and eat sand.

Immediately afterwards, nearly a hundred Mongolian tribes in Ningxia Ordos and Hetaohe Ordos began to plunder the northwest of Ming Dynasty continuously, while Su Nang continued to maintain tribute with Ming Dynasty because of its greed for trade and most of the Tumed tribe opposed the use of troops to Ming Dynasty relation.

Because of this, Datong and Xuanfu areas were relatively peaceful in the late Ming Dynasty, but Shaanxi and Hexi were constantly invaded.

This kind of aggression has also caused millions of people in Yanbian, the four towns in the northwest, to be unable to settle down to cultivate. It is also the reason why Shaanxi's resistance to risks is so low after the severe drought...

It's just that everything is about to change right now, and Huo Luochi's envoys are gradually seeing the crowds in the distance.

"Stop! Who are you? Don't you know that this is Su Nang Taiji's horse herding land?"

When hundreds of envoys from Huo Luochi entered the Hetao, they were discovered by soldiers from the Tumote tribe not long after. The soldiers immediately stopped them.

"We are from the Ordos Department, and we came here to pay homage to Su Nang Taiji and discuss the Ming army's attempt to sweep the trap."

"Let's go." Hearing that the Ordos tribe came to worship, the soldiers and horses let them go, and at the same time monitored them to go to Bansheng City, and sent Tang Qi to report back to Bansheng City one step ahead.

Caritas is used to this kind of surveillance, but when they went north for more than [-] miles, what they saw was a "prosperous" scene.

On the long Qiantao plain, a group of Han people in blue trousers and cotton-padded clothes from the Ming Dynasty were strolling leisurely on the field ridges, and around them were hundreds of thousands of acres of fields covered with thin snow.

Such a vast field is difficult for the Mongols of the Ordos Department to see, and all of this is due to the management of the Tumed Department from Al Dahan for more than half a century.

They absorbed the Han people who had fled from Shanxi to reclaim fields, build cities, build canals, smelt iron and graze animals.

Up to now, the entire Tumed tribe has more than [-] people, of which Han Chinese account for nearly half of the population.

Caritas and the others looked north along the field, and in the distance were the towering Yin Mountains and Daqing Mountains, and a few miles away was the raised Bansheng City.

This city, which was presided over by Altan Khan, was actually built by Han craftsmen organized by Bailian believers who had taken refuge in Altan Khan.

During the period, the Ming army went out and burned it once, but it was quickly built under the construction of Al Dahan, and the Ming army did not stop until Al Da paid the tribute.

The city is big enough to accommodate [-] people, and most of the people who can enter it are the nobles of the Tumed tribe and their followers.

Looking at the city, some people behind Caritas showed envious expressions, and Caritas' confidence in resisting the Ming army's sweeping tactics increased a lot after seeing the "strong soldiers and strong horses" of the Tumed Department.

And when they came to the gate of Bansheng City and saw the tents stationed on both sides of the gate for several miles, and the Tumet soldiers and horses outside the tents sharpening their knives and feeding their horses, and wiping off the rust on their armor, Caritas' confidence Even worse.

He was not afraid that Su Nang would not see him, nor was he afraid that Su Nang thought that the Ming army would not attack the Tumed Department, nor was he afraid that Su Nang would make harsh demands on the Ordos Department.

The only thing he was afraid of was that Su Nang would get old and lose the courage to maintain a long-term confrontation with the Ming army, as well as his vigilance against the Ming army's sweeping actions.

Now it seems that Su Nang is still the Su Nang who dared to fight Bu Shi Tu.

Thinking of this, Caritas stepped into the palace of Bansheng City under the leadership of General Tumot without panic.

The palace in Bansheng City was mainly built by the Han craftsmen commanded by the White Lotus Sect, imitating the palaces of some vassal princes in the Ming Dynasty, but after they were built, the specifications were not as good as those of some county kings.

Four hundred steps long and two hundred and eighty steps wide, there are three main halls, left and right Wuying halls, Wenhua halls, inner court harem, and imperial horse farm.

Such a county palace, even among the many county princes in the northwestern part of the Ming Dynasty, can only be called shabby, but it is the most prosperous palace in the entire south and north of the desert.

It's just that right now, Caritas' attention is not on the palace, but on the person who symbolizes the throne...

He looked up and saw that sitting on the throne was a middle-aged man in his forties who was dressed in the costume of the Mongolian Great Khan.

This man is the man with the most troops on the Hetao Grassland. Although he does not have the name of Great Khan and King Shunyi, he has the reality of Great Khan and King Shunyi.

"Old Caritas, the last time we met was twenty years ago, right?"

In the main hall, more than [-] lords from various ministries of Tumote and more than [-] generals from Su Nang headquarters gathered together. They waited and watched Caritas, and Su Nang spoke in the tone of a master.

For this, Caritas, who had been prepared for a long time, was not angry, but knelt down and offered:
"Khan, I am here to worship you on behalf of Huoluochi. I hope you will lead the Ordos tribe to fight against the Ming Dynasty who is trying to invade Hetao."

A profuse Khan made Su Nang eloquently say that although he had the power and soldiers of a profuse Khan, he still lacked his name.

It is precisely because he does not have the name of Tumed Khan and King Shunyi that he resents the Ming Dynasty in private.

"The reason why the Ming Dynasty sent troops to sweep away the set was because you plundered Shaanxi. Besides, you haven't come to worship for many years. Now you just want to drag us into the water!"

Suddenly, a sensible person stood up, and as soon as this person appeared, all the lords looked at him.

This man is Duer Taiji, the fifth-road leader of Ulut under the Tumed Department, who is stationed a hundred miles north of Tianzhen in Shanxi.

It can be said that he is the Tumed lord closest to the Ming Dynasty, and the reason why he stood up is because he has the best relationship with the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing him stand up, Ming Ai also mocked: "Baduer, I remember that after my Dahan negotiated peace with the Ming court, you led troops to attack Shanxi, right? Why do you look like a Han lackey now?"

What was said in the Ming Dynasty was that in the [-]rd year of Wanli's reign, Du'er led troops to attack Mingbian on the [-]th Route.

But anyone who knows about this matter knows that the main reason why Du'er was dispatched in the first place was because the Ming Dynasty did not give him an annual reward. After all, he was the Dragon and Tiger General conferred by the Ming Dynasty at that time.

What's more, after Wanli issued an order to reprimand him and pay the internal funds to make up for the annual reward, he also set up an altar to swear to repent, and returned all the animals in Daming.

Seven years ago, Su Nang convened seventy-three lords to force Daming to recognize him as the King of Shunyi, but it was also because of his opposition and mediation that he stopped.

Since Ulud's troops under his command accounted for one-tenth of Tumed's, the peace agreement between Tumed and the Ming Dynasty has been maintained with his efforts, and Wanli also relied heavily on him.

Even though Wanli and Taichang passed away, after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he would still give him annual rewards as usual, and he also worked hard to maintain the relationship between Tumed and Daming.

However, the situation has changed now, and the news of King Qi's dispatch of troops has spread throughout the grasslands. In the eyes of the lords of Tumote's tribes, it is a bit disrespectful for the commanders of the Five Routes to protect Daming.

Therefore, when Du'er spoke clearly, all the lords looked displeased, and Ming Ai laughed and said:
"Banduer, I think you are confused. Ming Ting beat me to Erdos. Could it be because of the red salt pond and the desert? Their real intention is the front and the back!"

"If we don't unite now, when the Ming army defeats us, Su Nang Khan can only lead Territory Mert to fight against hundreds of thousands of Ming troops alone."

Caritas' words revealed Ming Jun's intentions, or Zhu Youjian's intentions.

However, his political mind is too simple. In Zhu Youjian's plan, the idea of ​​clearing the western part of Monan at one time is not the final strategy.

What he thought was to take Ningxia and Hetao first, and then station troops in Juyanhai and Hongyanchi for reclamation.

This is his first strategic goal.

The reason why he stayed in the army to guard against the front and rear troops of Tumote was because he made second-hand preparations in case the Ming army sent troops, and Su Nang also sent troops to assist the two Ordos troops.

If Su Nang really sends troops, Zhu Youjian doesn't mind tearing up the peace agreement in advance, leading troops to drink horses in Yinshan, and recover the front and back sets.

But if he does not send troops, Zhu Youjian will use trade and economic control, military deterrence to control Tumot just like he did with Tuman and Harqin.

However, he is very sure that Su Nang will definitely send troops to help the two Ordos, and the Ming army can just use Su Nang to tear up the peace agreement to send troops to recover the Hetao area south of Yinshan Mountain.

Such methods can be seen by Huang Taiji, Daishan, or even Nurhachi, but unfortunately, there is only one person with political vision in the current Mongolian tribes, and this person is still in Oirat (Wala) Serve as Taishi.

For Su Nang, who can't even play with Lin Danhan, he can't smell such a political conspiracy at all, so after hearing Caritas' "very reasonable" words, he immediately got up and said:
"Baduer, ask someone to send a letter to Datong Shahukou, telling the so-called King Qi that Hetao and the Ordos tribe in Ningxia are my tribe."

"From today onwards, I will restrain them and stop military operations against the northwest."

"If he still wants to maintain the peace between the two countries, he must transfer the troops at the six gates within a month!"

Su Nang's words are very strong, and he also has the confidence, because he has more than [-] men under his command, including more than [-] strong men.

In other words, he can mobilize these [-] cavalry to threaten the three towns of Taiyuan, Datong, and Xuanfu in the Ming Dynasty.

These [-] soldiers plus the soldiers and horses of the two departments of Ordos can reach [-] to [-] soldiers and horses.

Controlling so many soldiers and horses, Su Nang's ambition is growing, as if tomorrow he will surpass his grandfather Al Dahan and become an existence comparable to Dayan Khan.

It's just that his wildness hasn't produced more than three breaths, so Duer retorted directly:

"Su Nang, if we take the initiative to tear ourselves apart with the Ming army, the exchange market will be cancelled, and our three divisions have a maximum of [-] to [-] troops, and we cannot defeat the [-] troops of the Ming Dynasty."

"Enough!" Su Nang, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly squeezed his fist and smashed it on the armrest beside him, and scolded:

"It's normal for the Ming army to lie about their troops. They keep saying that there are [-] troops, but there are only [-] at most."

"Now I use [-] people to beat him with [-] people, can I still beat Zhu Youjian's fifteen or sixteen-year-old doll?!"

"What do you think!" After finishing speaking, Su Nang suddenly pointed at Badu'er, and the other lords in the hall immediately reacted and drew their swords and pointed at Badu'er.

"..."

For a moment, there was a deathly silence in the hall, and Ba Duer, who was pointed at by the knife, and several of his generals also drew their swords, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

However, at this time, Su Nang also calmed down after being angry. He knew that if he killed Baduer or locked him up, then Baduer's sons would definitely take Ulutt's soldiers and horses to seek refuge with Daming.

So he got up suppressing his anger, walked up to Badu'er, and said with a sullen face:

"Go back to Ulutt, I will send an envoy to tell Zhu Youjian what I mean, all you have to do is monitor the movements of the Ming army in Shanxi for me."

"Or you can choose to refuse..."

"..." Ba Du'er and Su Nang met each other's eyes, and everyone looked at them, wondering what would happen to Ba Du'er...

"I see……"

To everyone's surprise, Ba Du'er did not refute Su Nang, but chose to give in.

Seeing this, Su Nang also raised his hand to signal everyone to put away their knives, and Badu'er also took the knives back to the sheath, turned around and pushed away the two Taiji who were blocking him, and then left the tent with his generals.

"It really is old..."

When Ba Du'er was leaving, Su Nang looked at his back and laughed at him inwardly, apparently he didn't expect Ba Du'er to be subdued.

But now that Du'er has given in, with the pride in his bones, he probably won't surrender to Daming. Now he just needs to...

Thinking about it, Su Nang turned to look at Caritas, and then said majesticly:

"Tell Huo Luochi that without my news, don't send troops to clash with the Ming army."

"Of order, sweat..." Ming Ai smiled, because in his opinion, the Ming army could only be defeated or subdued if the three ministries of Monan and Xi joined forces.

When he was thinking this way, Baduer rode his horse back to Ulutt with his personal guard overnight.

When he returned to Ulutt, before he sat down to rest, his eldest son Saihan opened the curtain of the big tent, came in with a letter and said:
"Abu (Father), this is a letter from King Qi."

"So fast?" Hearing Saihan's words, Badu'er thought it was Zhu Youjian who had received Su Nang's envoy, and angrily questioned his letter.

Unexpectedly, when he opened the manuscript and saw the Mongolian content inside, his expression became weird.

"Abu? What's the matter? Did King Qi say anything? Also, why did you look so ugly when you came back from Bansheng City?"

Seeing that his father's expression was wrong, Saihan asked curiously, and Ba Du'er also frowned and said:

"King Qi asked me to contact Bu Shitu Khan. In addition, during the meeting of Bansheng City, Huo Luochi expressed his willingness to return to Tumote, but he needed Su Nang Taiji to raise his troops so that Daming would not invade Hetao... ..."

"How could it be?" Saihan has a Han teacher in the tribe, so he is more open-minded than the Mongols, and his vision is also.

Therefore, when he learned of the behavior of the Ordos Department, he hurriedly asked: "Did Su Nang not agree?"

"He agreed, and asked me to monitor the movements of the Ming army in Shanxi, and he also sent envoys to threaten King Qi..." Badu'er sat on his chair with a dejected expression on his face.

"Has his head been kicked by a horse? The Ming army has [-] people!" Saihan stared and said:
"When I went to the exchange market a few days ago, I sent people to Shahukou to have a look. There are really [-] cavalry there."

"This time the Ming army is not bragging, they really have [-] troops, and they are all the elites under Du Wenhuan's command."

"Are you sure?" Hearing this, Du'er stood up all of a sudden, in disbelief.

The [-] Ming troops were all elites at the level of Du Wenhuan's family members. No one knew what such strength represented.

As a person who became Ulu Tebu Taiji from the Jiajing period, he especially remembered one person.

That is the famous Ma Fang...

Back then when Ma Fang was training to declare his greatness, he often led troops out of the fortress and defeated I Dahan many times. Those failures were all seen by Ba Du'er.

And how many people did Ma Fang have at that time?But with more than ten thousand people, Ma Fang dared to lead troops out of the fortress to find the main force of An Dahan, and at that time, An Dahan had more than [-] troops.

With [-] fighting against [-], I, Dahan, still had to avoid Ma Fang. I still remember such humiliation.

If the current [-] Ming army is as brave as my eldest son said, then...

At this moment, Du'er recalled the handwritten letter sent by Zhu Youjian just now. The content of the book was very simple.

In the letter, Zhu Youjian has said frankly that he will send troops to wipe out the two parts of Ordos, and Su Nang will inevitably support the two troops. Once Su Nang supports them, Zhu Youjian is unwilling to meet Baduer on the battlefield.

He suggested that Du'er take someone back to welcome Bu Shitu who was expelled to the northwest, and he, Zhu Youjian, would use a lasso to take the Su bag that became a captive to welcome the returning Bu Shitu.

However, the land of the front and back sets will become the punishment for Bu Shitu's inability to control the capsule.

And even though Bu Shitu would lose his front and back holsters, Zhu Youjian allowed him to graze horses in the north of Yinshan, but the King of Shunyi was downgraded to Marquis of Shunyi, and he would become the left counselor of the Northern Army, the governor of the Five Armies of the Ming Dynasty.

As for Badu'er, he will become the general of Ming Dynasty together with Bu Shitu as the commander-in-chief of Monan and Uncle Yin Shan of the five armies.

In other words, Zhu Youjian wanted to lay down the Hetao openly, while Bu Shitu and Badu'er wanted to lead Territory Mott and attach Daming.

This kind of humiliation is also the reason why Du'er's face was so ugly just now, because Zhu Youjian was too proud in the letter.

However, after Saihan said how elite the Ming army's [-] troops were, he was shaken.

The current era is not the early Ming Dynasty, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the resources in Mobei and Moxi are also being used very tight.

Once Tumed was defeated under the leadership of Su Nang, there would be nowhere for Baduer to run. After all, Dongtumed, Karaqin, and Tuman in the east all surrendered to Daming, and it was not safe to rely on Lin Danhan. There is no way, no way to go to the ground.

Under such circumstances, Baduer seems to have no choice but to accept Zhu Youjian's opinion, and change his identity from Ulu Tetaiji to Yin Shanbo of Daming.

What Su Nang said was right, the pride in Baduer's bones did not allow him to join the Ming army, but that was Baduer in the past.

Now in his sixties, he is old, and he is also afraid of death. He also wants to maintain the continuation of the Ulut tribe, and he also wants his children and grandchildren to live a comfortable life.

At this time, Zhu Youjian's handwriting, as well as the [-]-level elite Ming army, completely broke his psychological defense.

"Saihan..."

After a long silence, Baduer struggled to speak, and Saihan was looking forward to his next words.

"You take the people to kill the tiger's mouth to beg for surrender, and I take three thousand elites to meet the Bushitu. Su Nang will fail. We must keep the Ulut tribe to continue..."

"Yes! I will order the troops to move now, and then I will send Tangqi to ask for surrender." Hearing his own Abu's words, Saihan's expression was agitated.

After all, under the guidance of the Han teacher, he has always yearned for the colorful world of the Central Plains Dynasty, and has no nostalgia for the outside of the customs where he needs to eat soil every year.

This time, Su Nang committed suicide, so he would not be buried with him.

Thinking of this, Saihan turned around with excitement and was about to leave, but Du'er stopped him at this moment:

"and many more……"

"What's wrong? Abu..." Saihan's heart skipped a beat, fearing that his own Abu would regret it.

But Baduer was not stupid, but got up and walked to a nearby cabinet, opened the drawer, took out a square box from it, then turned around and walked in front of Saihan and said:
"This is the seal of General Dragon and Tiger given to me by the Ming Emperor during the Wanli period. You take him to ask for surrender, and tell His Royal Highness King Qi that we will not participate in the Battle of Hetao..."

"In addition, the title of Uncle Yin Shan can be conferred directly on you. I am getting old, and the system of Ming Dynasty has changed. Uncle Yin Shan can only be passed on to one generation. After that, it depends on whether you can use your military achievements to continue the title."

Baduer is very well informed about the reform of the noble system, and his actions made Saihan even more excited.

He immediately knelt down in front of Baduer and thanked excitedly:

"Abu, I will definitely make the Ulutt Ministry stronger and make King Qi look at us with admiration!"

"Let's go, I'm tired..." Helped Saihan up, turned Du'er away and stopped looking at him, but Saihan could only respectfully exit the big tent, and then ordered [-] men to clear the way, and the old, weak, women and children moved Kill the tiger's mouth.

After the relocation of the tribe, Badu'er also led three thousand troops to the northwest to welcome Bu Shitu back.

Perhaps Su Nang, who had been mistaken, would regret not killing Badu'er in Bansheng City after hearing the news, but it was too late.

Starting today, the Tumet Ulud Department no longer exists, and only the Daming Yinshanbo family has been replaced...

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