The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 317 Another Incident in the Northwest
Compared with the Chechens who were blocked near the North Sea by the Ming army, shivering and panicking all day long, the Horqin tribe in the southeast also had a hard time.

Wu Keshan, the current leader of the Horqin tribe, was also shocked when he learned that the Ming army had sent a large army to expedition to Mobei.

Because as the Ming army became more and more powerful in the Liaohe area, other large and small tribes surrendered one after another, leaving only the Horqin tribe. Let Wu Keshan know that the Ming army will come to conquer their Horqin tribe sooner or later.

Although he also thought about returning to the Ming army, the relationship between the Horqin tribe and the Jurchens was too deep, and they were all prosperous and all were damaged. He could not accept the conditions of coming to the Ming Dynasty.

Although Dorgun had repeatedly promised that as long as the Ming army came to conquer the Horqin tribe, the Qing Dynasty would definitely send troops from the whole clan to help, but after the Liaohe battle, Wu Keshan didn't think they would be able to beat the Ming army by then.

So he has already made preparations. If nothing can be done, he will take the tribe of the Horqin tribe to move to Mobei.

Although the three tribes of Mobei have a combined population of nearly 20, and it is very likely that they will unite against their Horqin tribe at that time, but he is not afraid at all. Over the years, they followed the Jurchens to the south of Daming for many times to plunder, and not only gained countless Women and goods, as well as a large number of iron craftsmen, even though some warriors have been lost in the past few times, there are still nearly 20 people, and more than 5 armored warriors, more than enough to clean up the three parts of Mobei.

It mainly annexed the three tribes of Mobei. In the future, even if Ming Dynasty sends a large army to expedition to Mobei, their Horqin tribe will not be afraid. After asking for help, Wu Keshan led an army of [-] to rescue without hesitation.

But hurrying all the way, it was still a step too late. He just gathered thousands of Zhasak remnants and defeated generals. Originally, Wu Keshan planned to contact the Chechens in Beihai to drive the Han people back, but at this time he received the troops from the Liaohe area. The Ming army was gathering an army. In a panic, they couldn't control Mobei's life and death, so they hurried back to Horqin Grassland with the army.

"Report to the general, the cavalry of Horqin's troops retreated in a hurry yesterday."

"Well, don't worry about them, just strengthen your vigilance."

Huang Degong waved his hand, he and the imperial concubine had already anticipated and made preparations for Horqin's possible battle in Mobei.

"General, there are only [-] cavalry from Horqin's troops, and our army is in full swing. Why don't we take advantage of the situation and pursue them, and kill every single one of them?"

Now these leaders of the Tumed tribe have already tasted the sweetness, and all of them have become militants. They can't wait to follow the Ming army directly to the Horqin tribe to make a big fuss. After all, the women on the Horqin grassland are the most beautiful among all the tribes. .

"The current task of our army is to build the city and get rid of the Chechen troops. There is no need to rush to clean up the Horqin troops. This general has his own plans."

Huang Degong waved his hand again. The Horqin Department really needs to be cleaned up, but that will have to wait until next year.

As for chasing, it was a waste of time and energy. The opponent didn't want to fight, and it was too difficult to chase the opponent for a decisive battle in the vast grassland and Gobi.

The Zasak tribe was pushed to a dead end by them, and they had to fight for the sake of the old and weak children, cattle, sheep, horses and their belongings.

But this time the Horqin troops were all young and strong cavalry, and there were no old, weak, women, children, or cattle and sheep belongings to hinder them. They left and fought whenever they wanted.

So now he also understands that the best way to deal with these nomadic tribes is to find their habitat, and then the army directly presses over them, forcing them to fight head-on, so that their nomadic tactics will not be able to be used.

And the decisive battle is precisely the biggest advantage of their Ming army.

Next year, after Mobei's worries are completely resolved, he will lead an army from north to south to kill the Horqin tribe, and the empress will lead the army to press from south to north. The Horqin tribe has nowhere to escape except to go to the northeast.

And Hong Niangzi, who is far away in Beijing, has indeed begun to deliver food, grass and supplies to the Andong Dufu in Liaohe, and has also transferred the two cavalry battalions under the Second Army and the Third Army to prevent The Horqin Department wiped out the Mobei War.

As for Jiannu, there is no need to worry, Hong Niangzi believes that by the time the army of Jiannu arrives in Mobei, Huang Degong has already cleaned up the two departments in Mobei.

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui of the Sixth Army is in a hurry!"

In the imperial study room, when the red lady was looking at the map of Mobei in a daze, Liu Rushi hurried in, holding a document in her hand.

"Oh?"

"Then what the hell is Wu Sangui doing? Hasn't Ningxia's Huihui been pacified? Li Banghua has also been transferred back to the capital, and the people have all moved to Henan. Is there anything in the northwest worth sending [-] miles urgently?"

When the red lady turned her head and saw Liu Rushi's anxious face, she frowned and muttered.

Obviously quite surprised, she would not be surprised if Huang Degong and Hou Xun, or even Zhou Yuji sent eight hundred miles to expedite at this time, but Wu Sangui in the northwest made her a little puzzled.

"Your Majesty, this is an emergency military situation..."

Liu Rushi hurriedly handed over the official document.

The red lady took it, and sat down behind the desk. After reading it, she suddenly became furious, and just like Zhu Cihong back then, she slammed the official document on the table, stood up and cursed: "It's unreasonable, these nomadic tribes are simply Everyone deserves to be killed."

Unable to help Hong Niang not being angry, Wu Sangui reported that three months ago, an unknown nomadic tribe suddenly entered the Hexi Corridor, not only looting several post stations along the way, but also planning to set up a home near Lanzhou to graze.

If it wasn't for some postmen who escaped, I'm afraid they still have to be kept in the dark, because except for Guanzhong and Hanzhong, there are no people in the whole northwest, and there are some post stations along the official road from Chang'an to Jiayuguan.

All the cities and castles have long been empty, including Lanzhou City, and only Jiayuguan is still stationed with [-] soldiers and horses.

Although Zhu Cihong also expected at the beginning that after the population of the entire Hexi Corridor and Gansu area was relocated, other nomadic peoples would move in sooner or later in the future, but Hong Niangzi never expected that they would come after they had just relocated the people. A nomadic tribe, the scale is not small, with a population of tens of thousands.

Liu Rushi was also taken aback by Hong Niangzi's sudden rage. Although she really wanted to ask what happened in the northwest, she didn't dare to speak.

The red lady ignored her, walked quickly to the map hanging on the wall, stared at the northwest direction for a while, and then said directly: "Immediately draw up a military order of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and issue it in the name of His Majesty. The Sixth Legion will wipe out this nomadic tribe within half a year."

"Well, I'm writing a private letter to Wu Sangui in my name, telling him to catch as many as possible, and it's best to catch them all at once, and don't leave anyone alone."

The red lady originally planned to write a private letter to Wu Sangui, asking him to kill all the nomadic tribes, but thinking that the tribes might have migrated from Moxi this time, she immediately changed her mind and decided to subdue them as well. In the future, let him lead the way to conquer Moxi.

Since Zhu Cilang rectified the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion last year, Hong Niangzi, the noble concubine and Zuo Dudu, has no right to directly dispatch troops and generals, but when the emperor is away, she can replace the emperor to exercise power and dispatch troops in the name of the emperor. Even the governor's seal was left to her.

Zhu Cihong also had no choice, there was war in the north, and there were hundreds of thousands of troops, and he had to go south, so he could only let Hong Niangzi continue to hold the military power.

"It's the empress!"

Liu Rushi quickly replied.

(End of this chapter)