Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 6 Brothers are fighting each other, why be too hasty?

"Dataji, in front of us are Noyan Ubas and Buyan Burhan, two Taiji Otoks. Please tell us whether we should avoid it or camp." Kutuzinar (the leader of Ulus in charge) Tuoli, the official of the camp affairs, bowed to Nomudale for instructions.

"Haha, Da Taiji of the Huite Tribe, do you still have to take a detour in the territory of your own tribe? Tuoli, your father gave you this name because he hopes that you will become an eagle in the sky, instead of being disrespectful to others. "Fleeing sparrow", although the Huite tribe has become a vassal of the Dulbert people, Nomudale is still the great leader of the entire Huite people, and he does not want to show weakness to his brothers.

After the Oirat Mongols moved westward, they gained a large amount of pasture and a relatively stable environment, and their population and livestock grew rapidly. But with Russia in the north, Khalkha Mongolia in the east, Kazakh Khanate in the west, and Eastern Chagatai Khanate in the south, it was extremely difficult to expand the territory. On the one hand, the population and herds increased, and on the other hand, the development of the territory was restricted. Inevitably, various internal contradictions emerged. The biggest conflict is family separation. Even with the mediation of the Chulgan Alliance, there are still many examples of relatives turning against each other because of unfair family separation.

The matter of dividing the family seems easy to handle, as long as all the sons share it equally. But in practice, old fathers often give more to sons they like and less to sons they don't like. For example, Jida Laitaishi, the leader of Dulbert's tribe, liked his fourth son Daiqing and Shuoqi, but disliked his two eldest sons, so he gave Daiqing and Shuoqi the largest share, and his two eldest sons the least. , and each of the other sons will receive a portion; Nomdale's father, Erselebe Saiyinka, particularly likes his eldest son, Nomdale, and the amount of Omuchi given to Nomdale is the sum of the two younger brothers, so the family is divided. Unevenness sows the seeds of brotherly discord.

There is no harm if there is no comparison. Kundulun Ubastaiji of the Heshuote tribe is the fairest. The family has sixteen sons, and all the sons are equally divided in Omuqi. Noyan Ubas and Buyan Burhan secretly complained about their father's injustice. They did not dare to make trouble when their father was alive. Once their father died, they started fighting with their eldest brother overtly and covertly.

"Dataiji, we only have a thousand soldiers and horses, of which only 300 are elite, and the rest are old and weak. What should we do if they have malicious intentions?" Tuoli asked, as a personal guard of Dataiji. General, he naturally knew that the relationship between their brothers was not harmonious.

"Hmph! My two younger brothers don't have the guts to openly rebel. Besides, I am here to meet the alliance on the orders of Dulbert Dadaiji. Attacking me is tantamount to offending the Dulbert people." Nomudale thought for a while and said: "Send someone to send a message to Noyan Ubas and Buyan Burhan, asking them to come to the big tent to see me."

"Yes! I will make arrangements now."

While Tuoli sent someone to deliver a message to the two Taijis, he also ordered his subordinates to set up camp seriously, with deep ditches and high fortresses, which was completely a wartime method.

At the same time, Buyan Burhan came to Noyan Ubas's tent, "Aha (brother), Dadai Ji only brought a thousand soldiers and horses. What a great opportunity this is! Why are you so late? move?"

"Du (brother), after all, he is Da Taiji of the Dulbert tribe. If he dies on our territory, others will say that we have committed rebellion. What's more, he is participating in the alliance on the order of Dulbert tribe's Da Taiji. Yes, if we attack him, I'm afraid it will attract revenge from the Dulbert people. If we want to take action, we have to wait until the alliance comes back."

Buyan Burhan was furious, "Then let's do nothing now?"

"No, let's go see Big Brother together now," Noyan Ubas sneered.

Nomudale was very happy when he heard that his two younger brothers were here. This meant that at least on the surface, his two younger brothers did not dare to confront him. He praised his brothers a few words and ordered the sheep to be cooked and wine served in the camp to entertain his relatives.

The guests and hosts parted happily, and Nomudale left the village the next day.

"Alas! Second brother, you missed a good opportunity!" After hearing that his eldest brother led his army away, Buyan Burhan said to Noyan Ubas in annoyance.

"Haha, don't worry, wait until eldest brother returns from the alliance and then attack him, the Dulbert people will not blame him." Noyan Ubashi rolled his eyes, "Third brother, let's go, follow me to eldest brother's headquarters Take a walk.”

"Second brother, what do you mean?" Buyan Burhan seemed to understand.

"Big brother is heading north, and the team is leaderless, so the headquarters is inevitably empty. There are many horse bandits in the Yuledus grassland, and it is common to be robbed by horse bandits." Noyan Ubas's voice was long and full of compassion.

"Second brother, you have a good idea. Back then, Eqige (ancient Mongolian: father) was partial, and he only wanted to get back my own things," Buyan Burhan shouted excitedly.

The two men immediately gathered more than two thousand people, disguised themselves as horse bandits, and came to Huite's headquarters.

I didn't see any herdsmen along the way, and finally found a village consisting of five tents. Hotun is a common nomadic way for Mongolian people in Oirat. A large family, including great-grandfather, grandfather, father, son, etc., gather together to herd, with the oldest person serving as the elder.

Noyan Ubas ordered his men to capture the elders of Hetun to the big tent and asked, "Old man, why are there so few people along this way?"

Unexpectedly, when the old man saw him, he immediately fell to his knees with a plop: "When we return to Taiji, Taiji issued an order when he went north. All Ayinle, Hetun, and Aimaike must assemble in the headquarters Dazhai to prepare for the attack." Be prepared for unexpected events."

Noyan Ubas was stunned, "Do you know me?"

"My slave was originally the Chitat (slave) of my old master. Because he had done meritorious service in raising horses, he was graced by his old master and regained his freedom, so he got to know you, Taiji."

Noyan Ubas understood clearly and dared to love this slave who had been his father. No wonder he looked like a horse bandit and he could also tell his identity.

"Ordinarily, you are an old man from Eqige, so you should be treated favorably. Alas! But who made you recognize my identity?" Noyan Ubashi muttered to himself, seeming a little regretful, and suddenly drew his sword and swung it. His head fell to the ground.

"Slaughter all the men, women, old and children here and in the village. Do not let the news leak out." This cruel order ended more than twenty fresh lives.

Noyan Ubas's cruelty made Buyan Burhan feel scared. He had always thought that his second brother had a gentle personality, but he unexpectedly killed people without blinking an eye. Don't dare to look down upon me anymore, just bow your head and obey orders.

The "horse bandits" approached the main village, but they were all happy. When they inquired, they found out that their sister-in-law had given them a nephew. The two men led their troops to approach the camp, only to see that the camp had an earthen wall built with a fence outside, and trenches even dug outside the fence. Rows of sergeants patrolled the earthen wall.

The sentinels from the headquarters discovered the "horse bandits" outside the village. After several fights, various alarms sounded on the wall of the village.

Buyan Burhan asked anxiously: "Second brother, Dazhai is ready, what should we do?"

Noyan Ubas was worried, "Open your bow and attack the stronghold without turning back!"

"Woo~wu~wu~"

The desolate horn sounded, and the "horse bandits" began to fill the trenches and set up long ladders to attack the stronghold.

On the wall of the village, Tie Mo'er asked Batu and Tan worriedly: "Zharguqi, there are quite a few of these horse bandits."

Batu and Tan joked easily, "It doesn't matter, General Balsi is a tiger. With a tiger sitting in charge, Ji Ji and the little master will be fine."

They were civil servants, and the generals guarding the fort were mainly Zahaqin (border guard) Balsi and others. Balsi means "tiger" in Mongolian. Mongolians are proud of their bravery and like to name their beasts after animals, such as tigers and oxen. For example, Hala Balsi (black tiger), Pura Balsi (yellow tiger), Ulan Balsi (red tiger), Ebai Balsi (male tiger), Tiemoerbuhua (iron bull), Annan No flowers (gold bull), no flowers (white bull) and so on.

Although it was a joke, as a confidant appointed by Nomudale to stay behind, Balsi was experienced in many battles. When he saw horse bandits coming outside the stronghold, he calmly sent troops to shoot arrows at the stronghold wall, and set up behind the stronghold wall. Armor soldiers, slash and kill the intruding enemies.

"Zhaqin, can you order the soldiers to fire cannons?" asked Baoqinar Xirimo, who was in charge of the military camp and gunnery. He has thirty fire blunderbuss, which the Nomdaleto people bought from the city of Samarkand in the Bukhara Khanate. The city was the largest firearms trading center in Central Asia in this era and a prosperous economic center. Because of their close proximity, after moving westward, the firearms of various Oirat Mongolian tribes improved a lot. If it weren't for lack of money, Nomudale would have wanted to buy more. After going north to join the alliance, he deliberately left these gunmen behind to look after his house.

"Don't worry, your subordinates are our army's trump card and must be used at the most critical moment," Balth said with a smile.

After being unable to attack for a long time, Noyan Ubas lost his patience and summoned his confidant Maobasi, "Come up and grab the top of the city for me."

Maobasi, Mongolian: evil tiger, if two tigers fight, one of them will be injured! With his master's orders, he personally led a hundred strong warriors, armed with swords and shields, to climb up the ladder. Under the wall, teams of eagle shooters shot towards the wall to cover the climb.

What a vicious tiger. Others use swords, but he holds an axe. Holding the shield in his left hand, his feet kept moving, and he was extremely fast. He rushed up to the wall of the village at lightning speed, swung his axe, and chopped down several defenders one after another. Using him as a fulcrum, the "horse bandits" behind them boarded the stronghold one after another, forming a supporting point on the stronghold wall.

"Oh, second brother, I didn't expect that you would hide so much that you would have such a strong general under your tent." Buyan Buer said to Noyan Ubas with envy in a rare situation.

"Haha, third brother, if you want to do big things, you can't do it without some jackals, tigers and leopards on hand." Noyan Ubashi smiled proudly, as if he had seen the scene after breaking the stronghold.

On the wall of the village, Balsi saw another group of fierce bandits coming up. He nodded and said to Xi Rimo: "It's time to use your gunmen."

"Just take a look." Xi Rimo was overjoyed and led thirty gunmen to Maobasi. They lined up in three rows and fired with muskets.

The sound of "bang bang" was endless, and the horse bandits who boarded the city fell down one after another. On the crowded wall, the firecrackers were extremely lethal.

Maobasi was furious, he opened his bow and drew an arrow, and the arrow was as fast as a shooting star. A gunman fell down with his throat covered.

Although his archery skills are good, he only has one bow and is no match for thirty muskets.

There was another round of gunfire, and Maobasi looked at the big hole in his chest in disbelief, his eyes slowly losing their luster.

Once the evil tiger died, the "horse bandits" lost their fighting spirit and receded like a tide.

"Second brother, our sons have suffered a lot of casualties, what should we do?" Buyan Burhan asked Noyan Ubas anxiously.

Noyan Ubas clenched his fists until they were red, gritted his teeth and roared: "Retreat, go back to our Otok, clean the battlefield, and don't leave any traces."

The "horse bandits" retreated, leaving nearly two hundred corpses behind. There was a burst of joy in the camp. Everyone said that the new-born little master was a blessed person. As soon as he was born, he turned danger into good luck and beat away the horse bandits.

Only the little master Su Leteng was very depressed: God! Even if you want to time travel, you should travel to a large tribe like Junggar. Why did you arrange for an unknown small tribe? How can I live like this in the future?
There are many things he doesn't know: this year, a man named Nurhaci in Liaodong proclaimed himself Khan in Hetuala and established the "Later Jin" state. Two years later, he would launch a war of revenge against the Ming Dynasty with the "Seven Hatreds" ; There is a man named Lin Dan Khan in Monan who is working on unifying all the Mongolian tribes; as for the Ming Dynasty, the great Wanli Emperor has entered the last few years of his life

(End of this chapter)