This side of the Hetao Plain used to be the territory of the Tumut tribe, but later Lin Dan Khan fled westward and drove away the Tumut tribe to occupy this place. However, then Huang Taiji led his troops to the west and destroyed Lin Dan Khan. Eventually, this is still the territory of the Tumut Ministry.

However, Huang Taiji was not so good, in order to prevent the surrendered Tumut Department from growing, he split the Tumut Department and became the left and right wings of the Tumut Ministry, headed by the title of Dutong.

No, the left wing of the Tumut Department is the commander of Hanggao and the right wing of the Tumut Department is the commander of Guluge, and they happen to be gathered together and are holding a grand bonfire banquet. Their men, singing and dancing, were as if they had picked up a pie that had fallen from the sky.

In fact, these Mongol Tatars were ordered by Liaodong Jianyu to tentatively attack Guannai, but they did not expect that the border defense of the Ming Kingdom was so empty that they returned with a full load. No, it's just a celebration.

On the side of the leader, in front of the two Mongols seated, there was a whole sheep that had been grilled, but they did not eat, but drank and talked.

"Three days ago, I have already sent a messenger to the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, saying that the border defense of the Ming Kingdom is vulnerable!" Hang Gao, the left-wing commander of the Tumut Division, wiped his beard and drank on it, and said to the right-wing Commander Guluge.

"Three days ago?" When Gu Luge heard this, he couldn't help but ask a little puzzled, "Didn't you report to Liaodong when you returned?" ”

After asking, he came back to his senses and immediately confirmed: "You probably didn't hide some of the results from the Qing Emperor, right?" ”

When Hang Gao heard this, he immediately denied it: "What's the matter, I'm just worried that the Ming army will come to retaliate, so in order to see the reality of the Ming army, it's only a few days late!" ”

"Huh!" When Gu Luge heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, "Who doesn't know the little Jiujiu in your heart, I'm afraid I'm worried that the Qing Emperor will ask you to pay tribute, right?" Even Datong can be defeated, and the Ming army in the important town of Yulin is also cowering in the city and does not dare to go out, where does the Ming country come from? Maybe the thieves in their gate have rebelled, and they have already hit the pig's brain, so how can they care about these border lands. ”

Although they have been outside the customs and the news is closed, they have heard about the thieves in the Ming Guoguan.

Hang Gao didn't admit it, and immediately changed the topic: "I sent the troops a little late, it's not as good as your side, and I actually laid down Datong, this time the oil and water are abundant enough, right?" ”

Hearing this, Gu Luge immediately smiled triumphantly and said, "It's not much, I guess it's only slightly better than you, just for a winter!" ”

"What's a little better, but I've heard that on the way back, the sound of your team's iron pot can be heard dozens of miles away!" Hang Gaocai was not so easy to deceive, and said with a little jealousy, "It is said that I brought back all the iron pots of all the families in Datong Mansion!" ”

What is most lacking in the grassland, and what restricts their growth the most, is iron. Under the persistent blockade of the Ming Dynasty, many of the Mongolian Tatars were arrowheads made of bones, which shows how short of iron tools they were.

The same is true, their combat effectiveness has always been very blind in the late Ming Dynasty. When they rob things, they also do everything possible to grab everything related to iron.

Because there are more iron weapons, the strength of the tribe will increase. On the grassland, it is believed that strength is king.

Tumut's left-wing side advanced to northern Shaanxi, and the harvest was not as much as that of the right-wing side, so Hanggao was really a little jealous of Guluge's gain. For this reason, he was a few days late, and after inquiring about the harvest of the right wing, he reported to the Qing Emperor on the Liaodong side, and by the way, he also told the harvest of the right wing, and even slightly exaggerated.

Because he couldn't limit the growth of the right wing, but the Qing Emperor of Liaodong had the ability to limit the growth of the right wing and let the Tumut Department continue to maintain balance.

As soon as Gu Luge heard him mention iron, he immediately became sensitive, and hurriedly denied it: "What's the matter, the Ming Kingdom has been so poor all these years, and he can't grab anything at all." ”

Speaking of which, he also wanted to change the subject and look up. But I saw that next to the bonfire in the middle, a group of men from the Tumut tribe were forcing a group of Han women to dance, giggling, so obscene.

So, he smiled and said to Hang Gao: "It seems that you have robbed a lot of Han women, tsk, if it is twenty years later, the population of your left wing will definitely be more than our right wing!" How's that, the taste of Han girls is still much better than ours, right? ”

Hang Gao listened, looked up, and immediately replied: "It's just a few, where the population comes from, it's all." In these years, I often come to the White Plague, and it is good to be alive and strong, which is impossible! ”

"But this year, it seems that there is no plague in your left-wing livestock, and when I came, the grassland was full of cattle and sheep!" When Gurug heard this, he found another reason to continue to support the left.

For the people on the grassland, they are most worried about two things, one is that the snow falls too much in winter, which will freeze their livestock to death; The second is the plague of livestock, which is a mass of death. And if the livestock died a lot, they would have to starve a lot of people.

And these two items, for the Mongolian Tatars, they all rely on the sky to see their faces, and they have no ability to prevent them. As a result, it was difficult for the tribes of the Mongolian steppes to grow stronger.

If the Mongols can grow stronger, it will be absolutely devastating for other ethnic groups. Because in this era of cold weapons, the powerful steppe peoples have always been a nightmare for other peoples.

When Hang Gao heard this, of course he didn't want to show his wealth, so he immediately asked, "Could it be that there is a plague on your right wing?" Or will the snow on our left be smaller than on your right? ”

"Ah, ha, hahaha......" Gu Luge heard this, sloppy, and then hurriedly raised his glass and said, "Come on, drink and drink, in short, our harvest this time is good, come on, cheers!" ”

When Hang Gao heard this, he also raised his wine glass and said, "Okay, toast to the harvest of our Tumut Department!" ”

Drinking and excited, the two leaders of the Tumut tribe even went down to dance in person.

It's no wonder they are so happy, this time they entered the customs, in fact, the harvest of the left and right wings, they didn't expect that there were so many. In addition, God has also been more appreciative in the past two years, and seeing that the growth of the Tumut Department can be expected, of course they must be happy!

However, they did not rejoice for long, when they saw a horse in the distance, galloping towards them, and the speed was as fast as an arrow from a string, and they could not see the knight on horseback, which had become one with the horse.

"Boom ......"

When they were nearing the front, while the crowd was looking, the galloping horse was strangled by the reins and stopped sharply, and its front legs were off the ground, and it almost stood upright, and screamed in pain.

But the knight on horseback did not care at all, immediately turned over and dismounted, landed firmly on the ground, rushed to the bonfire, knelt down to Guluge, and hurriedly said with a panicked expression: "Ming...... The Ming army went out of the customs to take revenge and kill ...... Kill the Gurta tribe and destroy ...... Exterminated, even the cattle and sheep have been killed! ”

Under the Tumut tribe, there are also many small tribes, and on weekdays, they also have to spread out the herds. The Gurta tribe is a medium-sized tribe under the right wing of the Tumut tribe.

As soon as he heard this, Guluge was suddenly frightened, and the wine woke up at once, and hurriedly confirmed: "The Gurta tribe has been wiped out?" Ming Army...... How many men and horses did the Ming army come? ”

The border defense of the Ming army was so empty, they couldn't imagine that the Ming army would go out to retaliate, where did they get the troops?

You must know that if the Ming army destroys the Gurta tribe, there will definitely be no less army that will come out.

"I don't know, when we rushed to the grazing ground of the Gurta tribe, we only saw all dead people, dead cattle and sheep, and no living creatures!" The messenger said with a worried face, "Their heads are all gone, and there is a river of blood...... A river of blood! ”

Hearing this, the two Jianyu feudal commanders immediately understood that the Ming army really had to retaliate, and they retaliated frantically, and they even killed cattle and sheep and did not take them away, this kind of countermeasure against Qiu Gu was not the usual before.

When Gu Luge heard this, he immediately became anxious, and hurriedly asked, "I asked how many men and horses came from the Ming army?" ”

"Judging from the traces of horses' hooves, at least tens of thousands of riders, I don't know where they went!"

Hearing this, Gu Luge couldn't stay at all, and hurriedly turned around to leave, but he immediately remembered something, so he turned to Hang Gao and said: "This time the Ming army went out to retaliate, our left and right wings will definitely be retaliated, we will immediately gather forces to deal with it, how about it?" ”

"Okay, I'll gather my forces immediately!" When Hang Gao heard this, he immediately responded, "As soon as there is a movement of the Ming army, come and inform me!" ”

Gurug listened and wanted to make it clearer, but he eventually gave up and immediately returned with his men.

looked at the back of them leaving, but saw a hint of schadenfreude on Hang Gao's face. This time, he was relieved, it was impossible for Guluge's side to overpower him.

Then he commanded his men: "Move at once, and go further to the north." ”

Obviously, he was perfunctory just now, as long as he moved the entire tribe to the north, and the Ming army did not dare to go deeper, he would be safe. And after the Ming army retaliated against Gu Luge's side, if there was a vent, they would go back to the pass.

In this way, the strength of his side can overpower the Guluge side, and in the future, he will unify the Tumut Department, even if it is not him, it is likely to be his descendant.

The steppe tribes, it is too difficult to unite. At the beginning, Huang Taiji wanted to divide the Tumut Department into two, which also meant to prevent the Tumut Department from sitting big.

This is conducive to the rule of the steppe by the Jianyu, and likewise, sometimes, it can also become the Achilles heel of the steppe tribes. This is estimated to be something that Huang Taiji could not have imagined.

Another point, what they didn't expect was that as long as it was a cavalry, it could turn into the wind, especially the cavalry army for the purpose of revenge, which could also show the characteristics of the cavalry, not the grassland tribes.

：。 ：m.x