Text_Chapter 403 Westward Migration
The wind and snow were all over the place, but the small valley was peaceful, and the tall hills kept the wind and snow at bay, giving it a rare calm. [Full text reading. Mongolian herders huddle in warm tents, drink mare's milk wine, roast on fire, and live a pleasant life.
However, suddenly some cavalry rushed in from the mouth of the valley, and they looked around, and soon locked on the small tribes here.
"Kill!"
After taking a look, Zhang Shize did not hesitate, rushed in with his men and horses, and the burning, killing and looting began. All those who resisted were killed, and then the cattle, sheep and horses were taken away, and as for the remaining Mongolian herdsmen, he didn't care, this was Lin Dan Khan's business.
It has to be said that after receiving a large number of Mongols, the cavalry can be described as proficient in the living habits and various winter places on the steppe, and the scattered teams, like countless wolves, crisscross the steppe, igniting beacon smoke everywhere.
Soon, after looting the valley here, Zhang Shize went back with his people, and when he returned to Zhangjiakou, he found that most of the troops had returned.
"General, Lin Dan Khan has withdrawn his troops from the border wall of Shaanxi and returned to Guihua City, just in case, causing unnecessary losses, everyone has returned." Man Gui, who served as the reconnaissance pioneer, reported that he was very familiar with the situation in Mongolia and that it was most suitable for him to do this.
"Well, since this is the case, our goal has also been achieved, take a break for the time being, it's almost the New Year, so don't come and go in the wind and rain." Zhang Shize nodded, his task was to block Lin Dan Khan's actions, and now that he has succeeded, he should not make any extraneous troubles.
When he returned to Naturalization City, Lin Dan Khan looked at the information sent in front of him and almost vomited blood. The entire area of his control, with the exception of the northern and western territories, was plundered, with heavy losses of cattle and sheep, and more importantly, the loss of population, and the rescue of herders who did not starve to death.
It was a mess, but he had to bear it.
What made him even more angry was that the other party seemed to know that he was back, so he never showed his head again, so that Lin Danhan didn't know how to vent his anger in his heart.
Just when Lin Dan Khan was busy with chicken feathers and duck blood, the Jurchens who moved to the later Qiqihar generation had a fairly smooth life. After merging with the Horqin tribe, the two sides combined had a population of almost 500,000, although more than half of the old and weak women and children were strong, but the strength of the guards was enough.
And in the barbaric region of the Northeast, the guard is too important, and without enough troops, it is impossible for Huang Taiji to recover the lost forces.
Since the Jurchens came here, the small tribes here have suffered, their savings have been robbed, and people have been plundered and used as slaves to cultivate land and grow food for the Jurchens.
After using a lot of labor, they managed to grow a season's grain, and the harvest was so abundant that it was enough for them to eat for a long time. After stabilizing, Huang Taiji's mind came alive again, he didn't want all living beings to stay in this place, he missed the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.
So, one by one, cavalry reconnaissance teams set out, some of them were looking for small tribes that could plunder, and some were disguised as merchants to go to Shenyang to trade. No matter how you go, you still have to accumulate good intelligence.
However, in the month of Layue, except for the large-scale caravans that traded in the deep mountains and old forests, basically no one was still outdoors. The same goes for Huang Taiji, who is in a slightly renovated wooden house, Mao Dong.
Opposite him is the famous traitor Fan Wencheng, Huang Taiji himself likes to use talented people among the Han people, and likes to create a situation full of family relatives. Of course, this is all historical, and he is not in the mood to do this at the moment.
It is precisely because of this that when he ran away, he didn't bring anyone, and even abandoned hundreds of thousands of people, but the only ones who were not left behind were some Han people, and Fan Wencheng was one of them.
"Great Khan, our situation here is too big, I'm afraid it has been known by the Great Ming." In the room, Fan Wencheng pondered the words and said, but he lowered his head and played with the tea cup, so his flickering gaze was not noticed.
"What do you mean, sir?" Huang Taiji asked in surprise, he had finally stabilized the situation now, and he couldn't just ruin it.
"Since the beginning of winter, there have been many caravans passing by here, claiming that they are trading with other tribes, but this is all an excuse, where are there caravans drilling into the ravines, I am afraid that the spies of the Ming Dynasty have come to inquire about the news." Fan Wencheng looked disdainful, but it was also that this kind of little trick could be opened by another person.
"It is likely that the spring of next year will be the day when Emperor Ming will do it." Fan Wencheng concluded.
"This ......" Huang Taiji groaned, and after such a reminder, he also came back to his senses. A character who can be a great khan, an immortal stupid person, will not think that he is gone, the Ming Emperor will let himself go, and any slight possibility must be taken into account.
"What do you have to say?" Huang Taiji thought about it for a long time, but he didn't have any idea, and couldn't help but look at Fan Wencheng.
"Huh." Fan Wencheng smiled lightly, but did not say it directly, but said that history has nothing to do with the present, "The Jurchen once founded a country, and the name was Jin, and the Great Khan knew it. When Jin destroyed Liao, it can be described as a glorious battle, and it was famous, but the Great Khan knew that the Liao State did not perish, and some clans ran away with people, so did the Great Khan know what happened to them? ”
"Jin Annihilation?!" Huang Taiji frowned and thought about it carefully, but he searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, and he didn't remember to have this knowledge.
"Please speak up, sir." He asked unceremoniously.
"At that time, there was a person named Yelu Dashi in the Liao clan, seeing the collapse of the Liao State, in full swing, it was irretrievable, but he was able to be ruthless, and when it was decided, he was decisive, with a part of the soldiers and horses and hundreds of thousands of people, gave up the Central Plains, expeditioned to the Western Regions, and finally gained a foothold in the far west, established the Western Liao, and called the king the ancestor, so unhappy." Fan Wencheng told this history with a smile, and its deep meaning is self-evident.
"Sir is asking Ben Khan to emulate his sages!?" Huang Taiji said suspiciously.
"Yes, now the Ming Dynasty has noticed the Great Khan, the hatred of the lost land, not the same day, after the beginning of spring, there will definitely be a large army, the Great Khan is estimated to be difficult to resist, if the Great Khan takes the first step and starts from here." Fan Wencheng said his opinion, then dipped in tea and drew a map.
"We are here, here is the big mountain, over the big mountain, is the Hulunbuir grassland, there are many Mongolian tribes on it, we can annex it, one can get supplies, and the other can use it as the foundation for the future state. In the past, it was Mobei Mongolia, which is also populated, and passing through here also has the same benefits. Fan Wencheng dipped in the water, slowly drawn, and talked about his strategic plan.
All the way over, there are people on the road, which can not only replenish but also plunder the population, and when they reach the Western Regions or beyond, it is estimated that the Jurchens can still grow a little stronger.
Looking at these Huang Taiji, he was obviously a little moved, but it was difficult to choose for a while, "Mr. Jin Yu has good words, but Ben Khan still needs to think about it for a while." ”
"Great Khan, when the interruption continues, it will be chaotic." After Fan Wencheng said a word, he stopped speaking and said goodbye.
When he came to his room, he suddenly smiled, "The mission is completed, but I don't know when I will be able to go back." Thinking of this, his expression gloomy again, and he sat on the bed, stunned.
: I'm so sleepy, I really can't write anymore, sorry, it's only two thousand words.