Brother Zhu Youxiao

"Hissing—"

In September, as the golden rice and wheat on the territory of the Ming Dynasty were harvested in pieces, crossing the yellow sand and the Gobi Desert, Bieshabali City, two thousand miles away from Jiayuguan, also ushered in a group of very embarrassed soldiers.

Don't lose eight miles, as one of the few Western Region cities in the hands of the Oirat Alliance, this city has a history of nearly a thousand years.

The first Han Dynasty to build a city here was the Tang Dynasty. As one of the most powerful empires in the world at that time, the officials of the Tang Dynasty were very particular about the site selection of the city.

Biesha Bali is surrounded by beautiful scenery and abundant water and grass. To the south are continuous forests and the famous Flame Mountain, to the west is fertile farmland, and to the north and east are verdant hills and pastures. The city is extremely rich in water sources.

From a strategic point of view, in times of peace, this is a treasure land of geomantic omen for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. Once wars break out, even if the city is besieged by the enemy, it can hold on for a long time with arable land and water sources.

For the site selection and construction of this city, the officials of the Tang Dynasty went through careful exploration and planning, so that after the Gaochang Uighurs and the Chagatai Khanate came here, they all chose to build the city on the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. .

However, no matter how powerful a dynasty is, it will also decline, and after the decline of the Chagatai Khanate, the Oirat Alliance quickly captured this city, and Gushri Khan even used it as the residence of the Heshuo Special Department, grazing hundreds of miles around .

After moving to Biesha Bali City, Gushi Khan ordered people to strengthen the city. After several years of reinforcement, what is presented now is a square city as a whole.

The city covers an area of ​​more than 250 mu, which is not too large, but its overall structure is divided into outer city, inner city and palace city.

In addition, there are moats and moats outside the city, surrounding the city for a week.

However, for the army that was suspected of returning from defeat, they had no intention of appreciating the layout of Biesha Bali, but rushed into the city of Biesha Bali instead.

In the city, the outer city is the place where low-level military officers and their families live, the inner city is where the middle-level generals and their families live, and the palace city is the place where only Gushri Khan's family can live.

The city defense of Bieshibali is not considered strict, perhaps it has something to do with the Mongols' poor defense of the city.

After casually checking the general's token, the soldiers and horses in the inner city allowed one thousand households and two hundred households to enter the inner city.

They got off their horses and walked towards Miyagi holding the scimitars around their waists. They soon saw a Miyagi with the style of the Western Regions.

Gush Khan's palace city is not too big, covering an area of ​​less than one mu, where he and his family lived.

There were more than a dozen soldiers guarding the gate of the palace city, and they obviously knew Qianhu, so they didn't stop him, but let him enter the palace.

The palace, which covers an area of ​​less than one mu, is actually not that big after removing the part of the harem. The Liangcheng Building with Hui characters and the open-air Bailaiping courtyard are the places where Gushi Khan discusses affairs.

When Qianhu walked into the courtyard, he soon saw Gushi Khan sitting in the palace drinking.

"National Division!"

Qianhu asked the two Baihus to stay outside, walked in by himself, and hugged his chest after entering, and said: "Batute and Huite were defeated, and they are now retreating towards Bieshubali. Lin Dan has already occupied They are grasslands, and his army has more than 5 people."

When Qianhu's voice sounded in the hall, Gushi Khan, who was drinking, also put down his wine glass, and raised his head with an unsightly expression.

His appearance is very ordinary, a typical Mongolian appearance and hairstyle, but if you know his first half of life, you will have to sigh that a politician like him can still be born in this yellow sandy land in the northwest.

As the nineteenth grandson of Gaisar, Genghis Khan's younger brother, Gushri Khan's family has been the leader of Oirat (Wala) for generations.

In the 22nd year of Wanli, when the Ming Dynasty and Japan were at war, Gushi Khan, who was only 13 years old, led his troops to defeat the "Gogar" tribe who believed in Islam, and began to assist his elder brother Baibaga s.

In the 34th year of Wanli, Gushi Khan occupied the Barkol and Urumqi areas of later generations.

In the same year, because of his meritorious service in mediating and quelling the war between Oirat and Waikha, he was highly praised by the Oirat ministries, and was jointly awarded the title of "Great Master" by the Oirat and Oirat ministries. Interpreted as Guoshi Khan and Gushi Khan.

If nothing else happens, he will be his elder brother's capable general. However, just like in history, in the ninth year of the apocalypse, his elder brother Baibagas was killed in the civil strife in Oirat.

After the civil strife was put down, Gushi Khan inherited the position of Oirat leader, but his position was not easy to sit.

Because of the previous civil strife, the Heshuo Special Department was severely weakened, and after many internal and external wars, the Junggar Department among the four Oirats was stronger and stronger.

The rise of the Junggar tribe made it impossible for the Heshuo special tribe to control the entire Oirat Mongolia.

In order to establish his prestige and make his tribe multiply and herds prosper, Gushri Khan first sent people to Ufa in the north to negotiate with Tsarist Russia, and then worked hard to hoard food and grass.

Finally, in the winter of last year, Gushri Khan joined forces with the Junggar tribe to launch an expedition against the Kazakh Khanate and won a complete victory.

However, when they returned from their expedition, Tsarist Russia began to intend to invade the south, and the conflict between the two parties had just broken out in February 15 of the Apocalypse.

In March, Gushi Khan finally settled down in Tsarist Russia and stabilized the pastures on the northern frontier. As a result, on the fifth day of April, Subudi moved westward under the pressure of the Ming army.

He led the Karaqin tribe to move westward to Helin in mid-May. At that time, Lin Dan Khan, who had unified Jilijisi and Baliyaxi, gradually became impatient after the arrival of the Karaqin tribe, and announced the Western Expedition in July. .

The abundance of troops made their breakthrough in the westward expedition no longer the weak Tieliangguxi in the northwestern part of the desert, but the Heshuote Department, the leader of the Oirat Alliance.

When the two-month migration time passed, at the end of autumn, Lin Dan Khan led 26 cavalry and [-] troops from the southern foot of Jinshan (Altai Mountain) into the Western Regions, and clashed with the Batut tribe on the east side of the Heshuote tribe. conflict.

The war between the two sides lasted for half a month, and judging from Qianhu's report, the result of the war ended with Lin Danhan defeating the Batute and Huite tribes.

"How many of our men were killed or injured?"

"More than 300 people, and more than 2000 people were killed or injured by Batut and Huite."

Knowing that Lin Dan Khan had [-] cavalry, Gushi Khan felt a pressure.

Different from what later generations believed that "Jungar is very powerful", in fact the entire Junggar dispatched no more than 6 to [-] troops in various battles between the Qing and Zhun, and the total strength was less than [-].

The Junggar Khanate that unified the Western Regions can only dispatch [-] soldiers and horses, let alone the Oirat Alliance that is currently only entrenched in the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains.

At present, there are only 3 soldiers and horses in Oirat's various ministries, and their only advantage is that they have a certain number of matchlock guns.

Eight hundred matchlock guns, these are the firearms they obtained from conquering Tsarist Russia and the Kazakh Khanate, and they also captured many Tsarist Russian soldiers who could make gunpowder.

However, with such a small number of muskets, trying to cover up the gap of [-] troops is a bit of a dream.

Gushi Khan wondered if there was a way to maintain peace without fighting, but no matter what he thought, he couldn't think of any way to maintain peace.

Perhaps the only way is for them to surrender to Lin Dan Khan in exchange for peace.

However, Gushi Khan knew that other tribes could talk about it, but Batur Huitaiji of the Junggar tribe would definitely not agree to surrender.

Therefore, even if he wanted to exchange surrender for peace, he still needed the consent of Batur Hun Taiji.

Thinking of this, Gushi Khan was going to take a plan to slow down the army first. After all, it is already September, and winter will enter in half a month. If it is delayed by then, it can be delayed until the beginning of spring.

"You go and tell Hutuktu Khan personally that I really want to lead all the Oirat ministries to submit to him, but I still need to convince some Taijis, and ask him to give me half a month."

"This..." Hearing what his own sweat said, Qianhu couldn't believe it, but Gushi Khan continued to order:

"Have people summon all the ministries to come to Biebali to discuss matters, and by the way, let people tell them the strength of Hutuktu Khan and his tribe."

The change of Gushi Khan's attitude towards Lin Danhan was reflected in the address. Qianhu who heard the words also knew that his Khan was not joking, so he could only return a salute, then turned and walked out of the palace.

But after he left, Gushi Khan frowned, and the atmosphere in the hall was extremely bad.

He is very clear about the predicament he is facing right now. To the east is Lindan Khan with [-] troops, to the west are the three major Yuzi of the Kazakh Khanate, to the south is the East Chagatai Khanate that was split into Turpan and Yarkand, and to the north is the Rakshasa who is about to move.

In such a predicament, with less than [-] soldiers and horses, he could do nothing at all. If he could not unite the Oirat tribes, then he could only choose to leave the Western Regions.

But even if he wants to leave, where can he go?
Originally, he could go to Qinghai, but now that the Ming army has a large number of troops stationed in Qinghai, he has no chance to gain a foothold in Qinghai.

Lin Danhan, who was beaten by the Ming army and moved westward, could have 1 soldiers. What is the difference between his [-] people going to Qinghai and courting death.

"Do you want to surrender..."

Such an idea flashed in Gushi Khan's mind, but his idea was not aimed at Lin Danhan, but at the Eastern Daming.

At least from the point of view of the Mongolian tribes that surrendered to Ming Dynasty before, they did not suffer any unfair treatment in Ming Dynasty, and they even got titles.

If he brought [-] soldiers and [-] troops to seek refuge, he might also be able to get a title.

It's just that this kind of thing is destined to be a decision that can only be made when there is no way to go. Right now, he still has a lot of cards to play. After these cards are played, it will not be too late to think about surrendering.

Thinking of this, Gushi Khan began to add wine to his glass again.

One day after he poured his wine glass, Qinggeli Ranch, less than [-] miles away from Biesha, was completely occupied by troops led by Lin Danhan.

After autumn, the grassland was stained with blood, and corpses were abandoned on the Gobi Desert not far away. As the former pastures of Huite and Batut, the aquatic plants in Qinggeli can be described as plump.

After the great war, the horses, cattle and sheep kept grazing to store fat for the coming winter.

In the distant mountain depression, a large tent and tens of thousands of tents that have just been erected are extremely spectacular.

"it is good!"

When the sound of Lin Danhan knocking the wine glass on the table sounded, he wiped his mouth in the big tent, and looked at everyone in the tent with a piercing spirit.

Subudi, Tashhai, Huluke Zhaisang, Badaxi Zhaisang...

Looking at these four people, Lin Danhan couldn't help being a little proud.

He thought how powerful Moxi was, but he didn't expect that Oirat was no longer the Oirat of the past, and he might become the first Mongolian Khan to conquer Oirat after Dayan Khan.

Thinking of this, Lin Danhan also said:
"Although the pasture in Qinggeli is good, the pasture is too small after all, only enough for two thousand households to graze here."

"I want my son E Zhe to lead the people to graze here for a short time. Before the autumn is completely over, we will attack Bieshabali and occupy Bieshabali. Then we can use the arable land there to cultivate the land."

After Lin Danhan's words were spoken, Subudi and the others looked at each other and nodded.

Food, this is the most unstable factor in Mongolia's westward migration.

All powerful nomadic peoples in history tended to focus their skills on the same place, that is farming.

Whether it's Touman City of the Huns, Xianbei City, Shengle City of Xianbei, or Turkic Yazhang, Mongolia and Lin...

All in all, nomads who can rise are often able to farm land, and farm land well.

The rise of An Dahan was due to the naturalization of the city in the Hetao area, and the absorption of a large number of Han people who had fled from the north to farm. This allowed the Tumed Department to have a stable grain output and increase the population.

Although Chahar, Harqin, Chechnya, Tuxietu, and Zhasaktu formed an alliance for a short time, it was because Ming was too powerful.

Just because the Ming Dynasty was too powerful, and they encountered Zhu Youjian, a war lunatic who could not be defeated, the Mongols in Monan and Mobei had only two ways to survive: moving west or surrendering.

Faced with a choice, some people choose to surrender, while others choose to move west.

Among them, Chechen Khan Shuo Lei, who had often traded with Ming Dynasty, led Karaqin westward in Subdi, and decisively chose to send people south to negotiate in July, preparing to seek refuge with Ming Dynasty.

Once Shuo Lei led the Chechens to surrender to Ming Dynasty, the Tuxietu tribe would face the Ming army's offensive directly.

Faced with such a danger, Tuxietu Khan Gonpo sent someone to inform Lin Dan Khan in August that he would move westward to Helin in September. If Lin Dan Khan could take Moxi, he could lead his troops to follow Lin Dan Khan Western Expedition.

Although he knew that Gonpo chose to go west with him because of the pressure of the Ming army, but this still couldn't conceal Lin Danhan's joy.

"What's going on in Subadi?"

Lin Danhan leaned on the chair and asked his son E Zhe, and E Zhe shook his head in the face of such inquiries:
"Subadi is unwilling to go to war with Heshuo's special forces. He feels that the Ming army cannot digest the pastures east of Burhan Mountain (Langjuxu Mountain), and it does not pose a threat to him for the time being."

"Coward!" Hearing Zasaktuhan Subadi's choice, Lin Danhan taunted.

Perhaps it was the confidence given to him by defeating Batetu and Huite, but now he feels that Oirat is nothing more than that.

With more than 4 cavalry under his command, he is enough to destroy Oirat and occupy the land of Moxi to graze.

As long as he has a firm foothold in Moxi, he can then choose to go south to attack Turpan and Yarkand, or go west to attack Kazakhs big, middle and small Yuzi.

Taking all these places, plus Gonpo's refuge, he can at least pull out [-] soldiers and horses to confront the Ming army.

Across the vast desert Gobi, Lin Danhan did not believe that Zhu Youjian could bring troops to the Western Regions to fight him.

Thinking of this, Lin Danhan stroked his beard, and at the same time Subudi also said:
"At present, only Gonpo has surrendered to us in the three major tribes of Outer Khalkha, Shuo Lei is ready to surrender to Ming Dynasty, and Subadi is waiting and watching."

"It's not difficult to destroy the Oirat, but after the Oirat is destroyed, we still need to face Turpan, Yarkand, Kazakh..."

"This group of wolves will not sit still and ignore Oirat being annexed by us. We can send troops to fight for eight miles, but we must also be wary of them sneaking up on us."

"It's best not to hit Turpan, let Turpan become a buffer between us and Daming."

According to Subudi's suggestion, many Taiji tribes who had lingering fears about the Ming cavalry nodded in agreement.

They moved from Mobei to Moxi. It seems that they are farther away from Daming, but if they really count, they are actually closer to the Ming army now.

It is less than [-] miles from Qinggeli to Jiayuguan of the Ming army, and less than [-] miles from Juyan County, where the Ming army is in Juyanhai.

At such a distance, the Ming army could launch thousands of cavalry to harass them.

Subudi and the others didn't believe that the Ming army would sit back and watch them gain a firm foothold in Moxi.

Therefore, they must have a buffer that can isolate them from the Ming Dynasty.

Turpan is a very good buffer zone. It is [-] miles from east to west and [-] miles from north to south. If it was there, if the Ming army wanted to attack them, they would have to attack Ablun in Turpan first.

"Someone sent a message to Ablun, saying that we are only here for Oirat this time, and we will not conflict with him."

Although Lin Danhan is a little reckless, he is not a fool. He knows how to appease Turpan, so he is going to send someone to send news to Ablun, the actual controller of Turpan.

Ablun's army strength is only [-] to [-]. As long as he doesn't fight him, he will definitely not dare to conflict with him. Now as long as he is at ease, the two can live in peace.

"Khan is wise..." Subudi rarely praised Lin Danhan. Lin Danhan just wanted to say something about the tribe when he heard the words, but the curtain of the big tent was opened.

"Great Khan, don't miss Tulu Baihu (Gush Khan) sent an envoy."

A hundred householders spoke, and Lin Danhan also raised his hand when he saw this: "Let him in."

"Yes!" Baihu lowered the curtain, and Lin Danhan also said to Subudi and the others: "Let's see what he is going to do first."

"Hmm..." Subudi and the others nodded.

Soon, the envoy sent by Gushi Khan also walked into the big tent. He didn't bring any weapons. After entering the big tent, he first saluted Lin Dan Khan: "See Hutuktu Khan, I came to discuss with the order of the national teacher. The Great Khan's westward migration."

"What kind of trick does Tulu Baihu want to play?" Lin Danhan asked the visitor while eating the mutton on the plate.

"The national teacher believes that the Great Khan has strong soldiers and strong horses, and Moxi and Monan are originally a family. If the Great Khan does not dislike it, please give him half a month to persuade the Junggar tribe and other tribes to submit to the Great Khan."

"It's interesting..." Lin Danhan didn't believe that Gushi Khan would submit to him, he knew in his heart that this was Gushi Khan's plan to slow down the army.

"Great Khan..." Subudi also saw that this was Gushi Khan's plan to delay the attack, but he said:
"You can give the national teacher ten days, but we need to send someone to Bieshabali to see his sincerity."

Subudi wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to investigate Bieshabali's city defenses, and use this as a plan to attack Bieshabali.

"Yes!" Lin Danhan heard the meaning of Subudi's words, so he said to the visitor:
"Go back and tell Tulubaihu that I need to send someone to Bieshubali to see if he really wants to surrender. If he is, then I can give him half a month."

"Thank you for the great Khan's permission..." Although the envoy had a headache, he thanked Lin Danhan superficially.

"you can go now."

Lin Danhan issued the order to expel the guest, but the envoy could only return a salute when he saw this, and then walked out of the big tent.

After he left the big tent, he rode his horse back to Bieshabali.

Four days later, when Lin Dan Khan was preparing to mobilize troops, Gushi Khan sent someone to send a message, agreeing that they would send people to Biesha Bali, and Lin Dan Khan also sent [-] troops to Biesha Bali.

Both sides knew what the other was planning. Gushi Khan began to call on Junggar, Durbert and other ministries, while Lin Dan Khan was harvesting pastures to prepare for the winter war.

The actions of the two were told by some Taiji in Harqin to the Jinyiwei in the tribe. These Jinyiwei who had only moved to Harqin in the past two years also seized the opportunity to go out and sent the news to the capital with carrier pigeons. .

In just four days, the carrier pigeon arrived in the capital with the news, and was taken to Prince Qi's mansion by Lu Wenzhao.

When Zhu Youjian saw the content of the carrier pigeon, he didn't think there was anything strange. At the moment, he was immersed in the good news of the surrender of the Chechen Ministry.

Throwing the letter into the censer and burning it, Zhu Youjian raised his head and told Wang Chengen in the corner:
"Long live Shangshu, the Shuo Lei of the Chechen tribe was enshrined as Uncle Mobei, and his tribe was scattered and moved to Modong and Donghai, Shaanxi."

"Order Sun Yingyuan to build a stone fort along the Onan River all the way westward, and receive the pastures of the Chechen and Tuxietu tribes."

"Your maidservant takes orders..." Wang Chengen complied upon hearing the words, and Zhu Youjian ordered Lu Wenzhao in front of him after he complied:

"Let people continue to keep an eye on Moxi, and try to see if they can find the person who betrayed Lin Danhan back then."

"A lowly official takes orders..." Lu Wenzhao bowed in response, and Zhu Youjian was about to wave his hand to make him step down.

However, when he was about to wave his hand, he asked curiously: "Where is the prince now? Have you arrived in Sichuan?"

"This..." Lu Wenzhao paused, and he could not help but return with some embarrassment:
"Originally, according to the route, he should go to Sichuan, but the prince stopped and stopped along the road. He has just arrived in Hanzhong. It may take half a month to cross Daba Mountain to Sichuan."

"..." Hearing this, Zhu Youjian was a little dumb, and then he laughed again:
"At his speed, I'm afraid it will take two years to complete this lap."

Saying that, Zhu Youjian put away his smile again, but there was still a smile in the corner of his eyes:
"Two years later...he will be 15 years old, and it's time to leave the cabinet."

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