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Chapter 486 Horqin Grassland

The arrangements for the Mongolian troops in Changchun Fort's Guo'erluosi Division are only an afterthought, and even though they are so obedient now, as long as the Ming army suffers a slight defeat in the grassland, these young men will immediately rebel and stabbing.

Yu Kecheng led his troops deep into the Horqin Grassland and conquered several small tribes along the way. Most of them had about a thousand people, and some even had only a few hundred people.

In normal times, although there would be small tribes grazing on the edge of the grassland, they would not be so dense, and they would almost be close to Changchun Fort.

This was obviously affected by the grassland war, so the grassland refugee tribes fled towards Liaodong. The situation in the south was even more serious. Many grassland tribes who were lucky enough not to be annexed moved south and sought refuge in the towns bordering the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty to avoid disaster.

Yu Kecheng didn't have time to sigh and sigh, so he only gathered the fleeing tribes and semi-forced these tribes to send troops, even if they couldn't send out many people.

Just like this, you send out 25 warriors, I have 35, he has [-]... The Ming army quickly gathered thousands of Mongolian cavalry, and also opened up the supply of food, and even replaced them with new armor.

Although the replacements are all cold weapons, they still have such a trenchant attitude.Not only did the dissatisfaction of the Mongolians who were forced to send troops disappear, but their morale was high and they were eager to go through fire and water for the Ming army.

This is not surprising. As long as you follow the Han soldiers and fight with the wind, you can get benefits. Everyone has to rush to do such good things.

Yes, in the eyes of these grassland tribes, following the Han soldiers means fighting a favorable battle.

It has long been a consensus among the grasslands that the Han soldiers are powerful and invincible, and even the great grassland Khans agree with this.

Yu Kecheng is also very happy, what he wants is this kind of effect.

With these thousands of Mongolian cavalry returning home to act as outpost guides for the Ming army, Yu Kecheng could finally speed up his march deep into the Horqin Grassland.

Before, I didn't dare to march quickly for fear of losing my way in the grassland, and then like a headless fly, I wouldn't be able to see the Mongols for a long time, but I would scare them off first.

Just like when Taizong of the Ming Dynasty made five expeditions to Mobei, he went sightseeing three times. It was indeed a waste of money and food, which was a waste of money and food. This was also the most criticized thing about Taizong of the Ming Dynasty.

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The right center banner of Horqin governs the grassland.

Although most of the areas here are nomadic on grasslands, due to the Qing Dynasty's policy towards the Monan tribes, they directly designated their respective grassland locations and did not allow attacks and annexations from each other.

In addition, Horqin was an important chess piece of the Qing Dynasty in the Monan Grassland, so in more than a hundred years, pieces of farmland have been reclaimed here, most of which are cultivated by Han people, and there are many others. Mongolians with less than Horqin also learned to farm.

The Horqin princes like Luobu Zangshengbu and others guessed well that the Ming Dynasty did not intend to let Eljitu become Tushyetu Khan and control the entire Horqin grassland.

But in the same way, Ming Dynasty did not intend to let the Horqin Grassland continue to be in a situation of divisions. What Zhu Yijiong wanted was to directly hunt rabbits and kill them all.

Therefore, although Eljitu was very far away, he still received support from the Ming army. In addition to armor and a large number of cold weapons, there were also supplies such as salt and tea, which successfully greatly increased the combat power of Eljitu's troops.

And Eljitu was also very sensible. After receiving the benefits of the Ming Dynasty, he quickly reciprocated the favor and sent troops to go to war with the other princes of the Horqin tribes. The entire Horqin grassland was thrown into chaos.

At the same time, the Han slaves belonging to Eljitu were also released by him, but he did not allow these Han people to return to the Han Dynasty. Instead, they selected strong men to join the army, let them marry women from their own tribe, and gave them property and cattle. sheep.

The rest of the Han people did not ignore them, and directly classified these Han people as tenants, responsible for reclaiming farmland, farming and production, and the rent of the tenants was lower than that of the Han people. The tenants, the Mongolian nobles, were not allowed to scold and beat the Han tenants, and those who violated the rules would lose their property. Confiscation and confiscation.

This approach, compared to the Tatar rule, is already comparable to that of a wise king or a holy king.This Eljitu obviously had big plans. Whether he freed Han serfs, encouraged intermarriage, or granted property, cattle and sheep, he was all following the Anda Khan of the Longqing Dynasty.Anda Khan used preferential treatment to win over the Han people, and directly convinced many people from the former Ming border towns to surrender. He only occupied the Hetao area, and he could even mobilize [-] cavalry to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, the same was true for the Song Dynasty, especially in the late Northern Song Dynasty, during the reign of the two Song emperors who immigrated to foreign countries, the territory reached the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty, and then... the people in the border towns fled to Xixia and Liao in large numbers.

"Khan, the sentinels found a lot of traces of war horses that had not been cleaned up a few miles to the northwest, and there were also some cow and sheep excrement among them."

"Very good, call all the cavalry immediately and prepare to pursue!"

Tushyetu Khan Eljitu, who was enthroned by the new Ming Dynasty, was holding an impassioned pre-war meeting in the Khan tent: "Those traitorous leaders of the Horqin tribes are still too weak. Even if they gather more people, there will be more." Ben Khan, but instead they were suspicious of each other. It gave Ben Khan a lot of breathing space. Now that Ben Khan has the strength to unify the entire Horqin Grassland, he no longer needs to make excuses with these guys..."

This statement obviously meant something. He was not only talking about the princes of the Horqin tribes, but also the Ming army south of the Great Wall.

Immediately, a noble general answered: "The Great Khan is the eagle on the Horqin Grassland. Even if he is frustrated for a moment, he is not something that traitors like him can fight against."

"Adanayan (general name for nobles, Qianhu, Wanhu, etc.) is right. The Great Khan is the orthodoxy of our Horqin Grassland. How can such a young boy get involved!"

"Great Khan, send troops quickly! I can't wait to sacrifice the heads of those traitors to the Great Khan."

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In the sweat tent, both the Mongolian noble leaders and the Han leaders who commanded the Han cavalry all looked at Eljitu with excitement and fanaticism.

Eljitu nodded and ordered: "Immediately summon all the cavalry, 1 troops, divided into two groups. Sweep and pursue them all the way, and encircle them all the way. We must not let those traitors escape this time."

The goals of the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers have obviously been achieved. The strength of the entire Horqin tribes has declined drastically in the continuous wars.Even Eljitu, the Horqin Khan, could only gather a cavalry force of 1 people.In the entire eastern Monan grassland, the total number of cavalry that each tribe can dispatch may not reach [-]. Not to mention Anda Khan, even Lin Dan Khan is more powerful than these Mongolian tribes.

With only such a small number of cavalry, they actually dared to unite the Horqin Grassland, and even had a vague intention to fight against the Ming army.

This Eljitu has obviously been dazzled by power and desire, but this has nothing to do with the Ming army.

Just when Eljitu led his troops to pursue Luobuzang Shenbu, who was like a bereaved dog, his mind was filled with dreams of Horqin... and even Monan Khan's Spring and Autumn Dream.

Little did he know that at the same time as he was raising his troops, the Ming army in his rear area, with the help of grassland guides, was gradually approaching his lair.

In the Horqin Grassland, a mantis stalking a cicada, followed by an oriole, was being spontaneously staged. To the south of the Great Wall, the Northern Zhili Central Military Governor's Office finally sent out troops after waiting for a long time.

Northern Zhili is different from the Liaodong Army. There are cavalry here, and the cavalry is led by those who have made military exploits before. They went all the way deep into the hinterland of the grassland to pursue the Tatar Zhennan Boning Nanhui.

Ning Nanhui personally led his [-] dragon cavalry troops out of Xifengkou of the Great Wall and went straight into the Haraqin Grassland.

Yang Gong also led the infantry closely behind him. His goal was quite clear, which was to hunt rabbits in the grass and kill Tumut, Karaqin, and Chahar in one go.

The northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty did not need so many grassland tribes, let alone the existence of the Khan King.

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(End of this chapter)