Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 308 Entering the Chahar Department
After recuperating for more than two years, Tangning felt that it was time to gradually eliminate the threat from the northern nomads.

Leaving aside the powerful Khalkha tribe, the mighty Junggar Khanate might still rise after decades, as well as the Raksha Kingdom in the north, all of which are serious problems, and these threats must be killed in the cradle as soon as possible.

Of course, these are just one reason. To put it bluntly, he does not want to leave behind the Western colonists, and also wants to participate in this huge competition. Otherwise, he will become a plundered person in the future.

Tang Ning gathered an army of more than 50 troops, including 36 cavalry divisions and [-] infantry divisions, and attacked from Monan in three ways.

All the way from North Zhili directly northward to attack the Chahar tribe, all the way from Liaodong to attack the Chahar tribe, and the other way from Nurgandusi to enter the Horqin tribe that has not surrendered.

Facing the surging army of the Ming Dynasty, Horqin did not surrender and surrendered one after another. On the one hand, it was indeed a deterrent to the powerful strength of the Ming army, and on the other hand, it was also the result of the influence of people from the Horqin tribe such as Xiaozhuang and Ming Andali.

Of the more than 4 troops surrendered by the Horqin tribe, except for a small number that were directly retained as guides, the rest were transferred to the pass for reorganization and training.

Immediately, the three-way army began to attack the Chahar Department from the south, north, and east.

Abnai, the former Prince Chahar of the Qing court, was very sad and indignant, and denounced Tangning for breaking his promise.

In fact, Tang Ning and them did not reach any agreement at the beginning, they just cooperated for a short time.

But then again, what if agreements and treaties are reached?

The signing of agreements and treaties is meant to be torn up, it just depends on when.

At the beginning, the leaders of the Chahar tribe believed the words of the envoy of the new army, and felt that the biggest enemy of both sides was the Qing court. As long as the Qing court was severely damaged, both sides could settle down.

The Chahar tribe can get rid of the control of the Qing court, and the Ming Dynasty can regain Liaodong, and everyone is happy.

The Chahar Department even firmly believed that Ming Dynasty would not be able to pose any threat to Chahar in a short time.

But the facts changed so quickly. They never expected that after Tangning drove the Qing court out of the pass, she was still not satisfied and launched an attack in such a short period of time.

What was even more surprising to them was that the once invincible Man of the Eight Banners, defeated again and again, retreated again and again, until there was no way to retreat, and then had no choice but to surrender to the new army.

It took less than half a year from exiting the customs to dying, which made people sigh.

But the facts had already happened, and the leaders of the Chahar Department could not help but not believe it, and immediately strengthened their guard against Daming.

However, after the fall of the Qing court, the Ming Dynasty did not act recklessly. It just managed the Nurgan capital with peace of mind. A large number of Han people moved into the sparsely populated areas outside the pass to reclaim wasteland, build villages, and build cities.

In just two years, the originally sparsely populated areas outside the customs have undergone earth-shaking changes.

The Han people reclaimed a large amount of wasteland and planted crops such as corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and rice, and the yields were not low.

Unexpectedly, the barren and barren land outside the customs is so suitable for farming. I heard that this is the result of Guangming King Tangning's strong recommendation, especially rice.

Rice was rarely grown outside the customs before, but in order to promote rice, King Guangming not only provided free seeds, but also provided various subsidies, which made some people try to grow rice with a much higher risk.

But the result was very unexpected. The taste of the rice grown outside the Guan was very good, and it was favored by the aristocratic families inside the Guan. The interest of the farmers immediately increased, and more rice was planted the next year.

The Chahar Department is connected to the outside of the customs, and there is a lot of trade between the two sides. The Chahar Department needs grain and various metals from Daming, while Daming needs excellent war horses from Mongolia, and each takes what they need.

However, at that time, many people were opposed to using war horses to trade with Da Ming, because they knew that if Da Ming strengthened, the consequences would probably affect them in the future.

However, apart from excellent war horses, there are not many things that can attract Da Ming from the Chahar Tribe. Although Da Ming did not import war horses from the Chahar Tribe, although it has some influence, it is not big, because the Manchurians can also train and raise horses. .

However, the Chahar Department did not have all kinds of materials from Daming, so it was a bit difficult.

Therefore, this kind of trade has not been interrupted until the worrying thing finally happened. Daming, who had already accumulated strength, started to raise troops under the leadership of the King of Light, Tangning.

The Horqin Department, which is not weak, even surrendered without a fight. Not only did it fail to help the Chahar Department resist one or two, but it also affected the confidence of the various departments.

Today, the Chahar Department needs to face the attack of tens of thousands of people from the third army of the Ming Army. How can it resist?

You know, there are as many as 20 cavalrymen alone, including the Eight Banners Army and the Guanning Army who were brave and good at fighting before, and it is difficult for the Chahar Department to gather even [-] troops.

In the face of the surging elites of Ming Dynasty, various voices appeared within the Chahar Department.

Some agreed to fight to the death, some agreed to move westward, and some agreed to surrender. After all, for them, they had surrendered to the Qing court before, and there was nothing wrong with surrendering to the more powerful Ming Dynasty.

Between each other, no one can persuade the other, and as a result, the tribes act according to their own wishes.

Under the leadership of Tengjisi and Tengjite, the Sunite tribe fled to the Khalkha tribe.

Ujimqin, Haoqite, and Keshigten, under the leadership of Abu Nai, were preparing to concentrate their forces to take the initiative to meet the Ming Army's North Route Army, hoping to break the Ming Army's way first, and then fight against the Ming Army.

However, Ao Han, Naiman and other departments decided to wait and see for the time being, and wait for the result of the battle between Abnai and the Ming army before making a decision.

The coach of the North Route Army of the Ming Army is Huang Hairu. After a long period of experience, he has calmed down a lot now.

Facing Abnai's initiative to lead his army to meet him, although Huang Hairu was confident that he could defeat him, in order to reduce losses, he did not take the initiative to fight. Instead, he moved to the southwest and approached the Eastern Route Army.

Knowing the intention of Huang Hairu's tribe, Abnai couldn't help feeling anxious, taking the initiative to attack would have taken a lot of risks, but he didn't expect that the Ming Army's North Route Army would not dare to fight head-on even though they had the upper hand.

However, Abnai knew that if he wanted to win, he could only take one route first. Once the two or even three armies of the Ming army converged, he would have no chance of winning.

Therefore, if he didn't want to fail, he could only lead his army in pursuit.

Because he knew that the Ming army was composed of cavalry and infantry, and he himself was mainly cavalry. The overall speed must be much faster than the Ming army, and he could catch up before the two armies of the Ming army converged.

Sure enough, a day later, Abnai caught up with the Ming army of Huang Hairubu, but at this time, Huanghairubu had already lined up neatly and arranged their formation.

Seven hollow infantry formations lined up, with a distance of nearly one mile between them. In the middle of the distance is the artillery position, and the rear team is a large number of cavalry ready to go.

Seeing this formation, Abnai's scalp exploded. When he returned to the Qing court, he had heard of the hollow phalanx of the new army.

Later, he personally followed Hauge to support Shengjing City. Tangning only formed a huge square formation, but even so, it still severely damaged the brave and skilled Oboi tribe. The number one warrior in Manchuria, Oboi, died on the spot.

Now, what he was facing in Abnai was a hollow phalanx of [-] people, and more than [-] cavalry. The pressure can be imagined.

(End of this chapter)