Gansu Dacaotan, Chahar Department Camp.

Lin Dan Khan lay alone in the wide sweat tent, motionless, and even his chest did not rise or fall in the slightest.

The majestic face of the descendants of the Golden Family was already covered with disgusting pus.

That's because of smallpox.

Lin Dan Khan, who once dominated Southern Mongolia and was bent on restoring the glory of the golden family, had smallpox and had just swallowed his last breath.

A Mongolian man opened the curtain of the tent, bowed over and approached Lin Dan Khan, first snorted a few times, and then looked carefully at Lin Dan Khan's chest.

Not long after, Nameng's face changed greatly, and he ran out of the sweat tent with a rolling belt, and then knelt down in front of a group of people outside the tent.

Among that group of people, there was Lin Dan Khan's eldest son Ezhe, as well as eight Fujin and other wives.

Seeing the man trembling and kneeling on the ground, Ezhe and the eight Fujin suddenly changed their faces.

However, they did not dare to enter the sweat tent for fear of contracting smallpox.

In grief, they began to worry about their tribe.

Lin Dan Khan led them on a journey to Qinghai, losing a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, and many of their tribesmen also secretly left the tribe and switched to Houjin.

When the tribe lacked food and clothing, Lin Dan Khan led them into the Ming Kingdom five times in just one year to plunder, and united with the Khalkha Chotu Khan and the Tibetan Zangba Khan, so that the tribe barely survived.

I thought that the tribe could rise again under his leadership, but I didn't expect that a smallpox would not only take the lives of many clansmen, but also take the lives of Lin Dan Khan, and also take away the hope of the Golden Family.

Today, there are only 5,000 people left in the tribe, and less than 3,000 can go on horseback to fight.

This force could not gain a foothold in Qinghai, let alone return to the Hetao.

There is only one way before them.

But they do not know whether it should be attached to Houjin or Khalkha.

Three days later, Ezhe and the eight Fujin led the remaining troops to the north and returned to the Hetao area.

When the news of Lin Dan Khan's illness and death reached Khalkha, Chechen Khan Shuolei hurriedly wrote a letter to Ezhe, saying that he was willing to accept the Chahar Ministry and persuaded Ezhe to go north to Khalkha.

Even if Huang Taiji had just suffered a defeat, even if Liaodong was more than 2,000 miles away from the Walnut region, he still thought about the rest of Chahar, and before he returned to Liaodong, he began to prepare for the Western Chahar again.

The Mongol tribes around the Hetao also began to move.

Because, Ezhe has three treasures in his hands that everyone dreams of.

The first is the Golden Tripitaka, which is written in gold characters in Mongolian scriptures, which was compiled by many monks of the Uighurs and Han during the Dade period of the Yuan Dynasty, and was named a Buddhist holy book by the Mongolian people.

The second is the Maha Kala Golden Buddha, this Golden Buddha is cast by the national teacher of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, because Maha Kala Buddha is an invincible Buddhist protector, this Golden Buddha has a very high status in the hearts of the people, and it is even rumored that those who get this Golden Buddha can conquer the world.

The third treasure is the heirloom jade seal.

Although the heirloom jade seal in Ezhe's hand is fake, it does not prevent others from going crazy for it, after all, many people don't know that this thing is fake, and even if they do, they can be fake.

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Because of Qinchuan, the population and property looted by Jiannu this time were far less than those in the original history.

However, Jiannu still captured Baoanzhou, Hunyuan Prefecture, Yingzhou, Lingqiu County, Guangling County, Fanzhi County and many other prefectures and counties, and broke through more than 20 military forts, and countless piers.

More than 40,000 people were robbed, more than 80,000 stones of grain, nearly 200,000 taels of silver, and countless pieces of cloth and silk, cattle, sheep and horses.

If Qin Chuan hadn't taken the initiative to attack and first defeated the two red flags of Dai Shan and Yue Xuan, this number would have at least doubled, or even doubled.

Half a month after the end of the war, no one came to Ningwuguan to buy the first rank.

Less than half of the more than 23,000 heads were sold, but the heads of all the Jiannu generals were sold, including the group of people who were beheaded later.

Those heads sold for more than 80,000 taels of silver and more than 20,000 stones of grain, which was a lot of income.

Coupled with the previous seizures, this time Qinchuan obtained a total of nearly 70,000 stone of grain, 140,000 yuan of silver, 1,700 taels of gold, more than 5,300 horses of cloth, 1,800 cattle, 3,500 mules and donkeys and horses, and more than 8,000 sheep.

There were more than 8,000 horses, more than 8,000 bows and arrows, more than 12,000 armor, and countless swords, guns, and clubs.

A total of 30,000 captives were rescued, and 14,000 Aha were taken prisoner.

The huge number of seizures can just be put into the operation of the northwest of Jin, and those armor have increased the armor rate of the Guan Emperor's army to more than eighty percent, and the proportion of war horses has also reached sixty percent.

The strength of Emperor Guan's army was greatly improved all of a sudden.

Seeing that there was really no one to buy the heads, Qin Chuan had to ask his subordinates to transport those heads to Taiyuan and pile them up outside the city, so that the new governor Wu Fu would escort the Beijing division on his behalf.

It's useless for him to ask for these heads, so it's better to give them to the imperial court and give himself a prestige.

After the arrangements were made, Qin Chuan asked Wanyan Yechen and others to summon them, intending to meet them.

Ever since they were obedient, Qin Chuan hadn't seen them.

After Yan Yechen and the others were brought in, they patted their sleeves at the same time, and then knelt down in unison, and called out respectfully: "I've seen the general." ”

"Get up." Qin Chuan waved his hand.

"Thank you, General."

Wanyan Yechen and the others stood up and stood respectfully below.

Qin Chuan looked at their heads and said, "First cut the braids on your heads, from today onwards, you can't shave your heads at will, wait for the hair to grow, and then tie the Han people's hairstyle." ”

"Wow."

"Here, don't use your Houjin etiquette anymore, use Chinese instead, from today on, you have to learn Chinese and Chinese characters every day, learn the military regulations of Emperor Guan's army, and when the time comes, you will naturally be allowed to lead the troops."

"Yes."

"Come on, shave their braids."

"Yes."

Several red-clothed attendants next to him drew sharp short knives and walked over Yan Yechen and the others.

Wanyan Yechen closed his eyes, sighed, and then remained motionless, allowing the red-clothed attendant to shave off the braids on his head.

The faces of the rest of the people were ugly, but they still closed their mouths one after another, and they didn't dare to resist.

After several people finished shaving their heads, Qin Chuan looked at the bright heads, nodded and said: "Yes, from now on, you will be my subordinate generals under Qin Chuan, you can rest assured, as long as there is no second heart, I will treat everyone equally, if you make military achievements or political achievements, your glory and wealth are indispensable." ”

"Thank you, General."

Several people knelt down and kowtowed to Qin Chuan.

"Get up, now, it's time to talk about Houjin, I want to know how many troops Huang Taiji has deployed in Naturalization City, how many troops are in the Tumut Department and the Ordos Department, and where are they arranged?"

Hearing Qin Chuan's words, Wanyan Yechen raised his head sharply and looked at Qin Chuan with a surprised expression.

Qin Chuan smiled: "That's right, I want to take the Naturalization City." ”

Wanyan Yechen glanced at Qin Chuan deeply, and then opened his mouth to say the information Qin Chuan wanted.

He is the Red Flag Gushan Ezhen, and among these people there is also a Jialazhangjing, and they naturally know the layout of the Naturalization City.

It didn't take long for Qin Chuan to let Wanyan Yechen go down very satisfied.

Then, he began to dispatch troops.

Let Liu Youzhu and Bobcat change their defenses, garrison Gujiao Fort and Fangshan Fort, order Feng Yilong and Ren Liang to change guards, garrison Xingxian, Baodezhou and Hequ County, order Li Dingliang to garrison Ningwuguan and Shenchikou, and Luo Ba to garrison Laoyingbao, Yatouguan and Dawormling.

The troops of the four battalions of Luo Daniu, Bobcat, Ren Liang and Liao Sangun marched to Laoniu Fort and Shuiquan Fort.

From these two military forts to the north, it is outside the fortress.

Today, the construction team is transporting steel and cement to the two forts, and some people are quarrying sand and gravel in the area.

It's early August, and the weather is less than two months away.

Qin Chuan planned to build two military forts outside the Saiwai in the past two months, and hoard food and send a battalion of troops to garrison it.

Wait for the beginning of spring next year, and you can officially start the Hetao strategy.

He wanted to defeat the Tumut tribe, collect the remnants of the Chahar tribe to the west, and then defeat the Ordos tribe and capture the Hetao in one fell swoop.