The Ming army was withdrawn, and Altan Khan still had a headache, because he not only had to consider how to resettle the poor herdsmen, but also how to deal with these two grasslands.

To tell the truth, these two grasslands are really small and pitiful, so he only settled thousands of herdsmen in each place, like other larger grasslands, where tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of herdsmen were settled.

Of course, this does not mean that the other so-called "prairies" can really feed tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of herdsmen, and he has no way to do so.

After decades of multiplication, the population of the Tatar Department is almost one million, originally, there are those grasslands with abundant pasture in the east and those grasslands in the south of the west that are quite good, so he doesn't have to worry about the livelihood of his herdsmen at all.

This is different, because both the eastern and western parts of the country were occupied by the Ming army, and there was basically no grassland in the northern part of the western setau, and the grassland in the central part of the western set was also very limited, so he had no way to stuff all his tribes into these barren grasslands.

The small grassland, which could only feed hundreds of people, was crammed into thousands of people, and the medium-sized grassland, which could only feed thousands of people, was crammed into tens of thousands!

He also knew that these grasslands would definitely not be able to sustain the livelihood of his tribes, but he had so much land left, what could he do if he couldn't support them?

This is also the reason why he has a headache when he thinks of these two small grasslands, if he puts them in the past, such two small grasslands, he will not frown if he throws them directly, the problem, there are not many grasslands on his territory in the Tatar region at this time, and if he gives up these two small grasslands, the other grasslands will be even more crowded.

What to do?

At this point, he was really in a bit of a dilemma.

These two grasslands are less than 300 miles away from Songshan Fort, which is not safe in the first place, and he will not place his herdsmen here if he has some way.

Originally, he thought that the Ming army would not risk advancing if it could not build the railway, but the actions of the Ming army had proved that he was completely wrong, the commander of the Ming army, poisoned.

If they can come for the first time, they will definitely come for the second time, and if they don't give up these two grasslands, the Ming army will inevitably continue to harass them.

This is not the most headache, there is even more headache that makes him even more headache.

Since the Ming army can sneak attack these two grasslands, won't the Ming army of other grasslands sneak attack?

You must know that although the area of the Xitao is large, the longitudinal width is actually less than 1,000 miles, but the horizontal width is relatively wide, and the grasslands with pastures are basically concentrated in the south and central of the Xitao, that is to say, most of the grasslands under his hands are actually less than 500 miles away from the Songshan Fort occupied by the Ming army.

Can the Ming army sneak attack the grassland more than 200 miles away from Songshan Fort, and the grassland more than 300 miles away or more than 400 miles away from Songshan Fort, will the Ming army not sneak attack?

Obviously, this is impossible, if he is the commander of the Ming army, he will dare to plunder any grassland.

How to resist the Ming army and protect the only grasslands under his hands is the most headache for him.

At this time, the Ming army was not easy to deal with, people were chariots and artillery carriages, muskets and artillery, and under the same number, the cavalry was not an opponent at all, and even twice the strength was helpless against them.

Now, there are more than 100,000 Ming troops gathered in Songshan Fort, and the cavalry under his command is only 50,000 to be exact, and the remaining 50,000 are all forced by him to other tribes.

These 50,000 people, he can't keep them all the time, you force people to work hard for you, not to mention paying people money, you have to feed people, right?

Question, at this time, the herdsmen of his own tribe are not enough to eat, and where can they have food to feed the 50,000 army?

Even, the war horses brought by these 50,000 troops could not be raised.

Fifty thousand war horses, plus the war horses, cattle and sheep under his hands, will be able to gnaw away the pasture of the largest grassland under his hands in less than a month.

He can't afford these "uncles" at all!

In other words, these masters, he is bound to invite people back, and there are only 50,000 elite horsemen left under him.

How can 50,000 elite cavalry resist the invasion of more than 100,000 elite Ming troops?

It is definitely not possible to rush up directly and work hard, the Ming army thinks that he will rush up and fight hard, as long as he dares to lead the army to rush up, these 50,000 elite cavalry are estimated to be lost in one battle!

It doesn't seem to work to cut off people's grain routes, because the Ming army didn't plan to stay on his territory for a long time, and basically grabbed things and left.

To put it mildly, the cattle and sheep they grabbed alone are enough for them to eat for several days, cutting off people's food channels, and there is a fart!

He really couldn't think of any other way other than these two methods.

As for building a fortress, building the Great Wall, he didn't even think about it.

In the battle of Songshan Fort, he had already seen the strength of the Ming army's siege, and no matter how strong the fortress was, it was estimated that it was a floating cloud in front of the Ming army, not to mention, they would not build the fortress at all, and no one would guard the fortress and the Great Wall.

At this time, he finally realized the pain of the Ming Dynasty, and when they continued to fight the border, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty probably had the same headache as him at this time.

Alas, thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river, retribution!

Altan Khan had a headache, but the Ming army was excited.

You know, if the herdsmen want to make a living, a family of five cattle and sheep will add up to at least a dozen, that is to say, they have robbed more than 20,000 cattle and sheep this time, and there is a lot of leather goods or something.

These are their income!

Yang Cong also knew that in order to make his soldiers work hard, appropriate benefits still had to be given to others, so he did not confiscate the cattle, sheep and leather goods stolen by his soldiers, on the contrary, he also organized a large number of traders to buy these cattle, sheep and leather goods.

Cows, ewes and calves and lambs are the most popular, buy them, sell them directly to Dongtao, or even buy a piece of grassland directly in Dongtao to raise, you can make a lot of money, you know, there are no cattle and sheep in the Dongtao grassland at this time, and the abundant pasture is almost empty there.

Strong bulls are also more popular, because at this time, the cultivated land mainly depends on cattle, and a strong bull can sell for dozens of taels at least.

The rest, the old cow, the old sheep and the ram could have been sold for some money, but Yu Dayou, Tang Kekuan and Yang Cong discussed it and decided to stay and sacrifice their teeth for everyone.

Although their food is good at this time, it is impossible to eat meat at once, and beef and mutton are rarely eaten.

As a result, Songshan Fort has been filled with the smell of beef and mutton everywhere in the past few days, and all the soldiers are full of oil and excited.

This looting is really cool, not only to make money but also to eat meat.

This time, each of them divided several taels of silver, which was almost equivalent to half a year's salary.

As for beef and mutton, it is even more enjoyable, and many people have not eaten it for more than a few days in their lives.

At this time, almost everyone wants to go to the steppes of the Tatar region to fight the autumn breeze, after all, this is a good thing with money and meat to eat, and there is no risk, who doesn't want to go.

Yang Cong was in no hurry to send them to the Tatar steppe again to plunder, because he had to wait for Altan Khan to disband the team before sending people!