Chapter 119: Lin Dan Khan's Struggle

When He Renlong escorted Tushetu Khan back to the camp, the battle was completely over, and the soldiers of Tushetu Khan's tribe did not suffer too many casualties except for those who broke and fled and surrendered to the Ming army. In addition to the capture of the first camp, in order to play a deterrent effect, the mortars fired at the cavalry rushing over the other two battalions only played a role in disrupting the formation, and not many were really killed, coupled with He Renlong's fierce decapitation and sortie action, they lost the will to fight, and finally surrendered more than 40,000 prisoners, and the death toll did not exceed 20,000.

Tushetu Khan belonged to the captured enemy, he lost the opportunity to negotiate, and Sun Chuanting did not kill him, but handed him over to Morobema, who, according to the nomadic custom, as the victor, had the right to accept all the property of the loser, but still according to Sun Chuanting's opinion, released all the captives, and told them that he had accepted the terms of the Ming negotiations, and in the future he would manage the steppe according to the Ming management method, and would not unconditionally collect anything from the individual as before, However, in the future, it is necessary to implement the captivity of cattle, sheep and horses, and begin to settle down in this area, build houses, and do not graze at will, so as not to destroy the ecological balance of the pasture. In fact, there are some truths that he himself doesn't understand, what must not destroy the ecological balance, he himself thinks that it is not like this, anyway, Sun Chuanting said it, so he will slowly understand it again.

Mo Baba and Sun Chuanting discussed whether to let him and Oba go with him to meet the Living Buddha Jebtsundamba, so that the Living Buddha Jebtsundamba could accept the advice of the Ming Dynasty and carry out Buddhist activities freely, but he must accept the management of the imperial court, and like the living Buddha in Uszang, he could become a civil organization, but he was not allowed to interfere in political affairs.

Sun Chuanting agreed to Mo Luo's request, and promised him that he could let the living Buddha Jebtsundamba build a temple with the living Buddha in the center of the dwelling tin land, and give a certain amount of land as the most source of livelihood, if there are any other requirements, they can also put forward, and try to meet his reasonable requirements.

Things sometimes take unexpected turns, and before Moroma and Oba have even set out, unexpected news arrives. The day after Sun Chuanting and Mo Rakuma discussed this matter, someone outside the hall reported that a disciple of the Living Buddha Jebtsundamba had asked to see him. Sun Chuanting saw that he used the word "asking to see", so he judged that something not very good had happened, because the normal word should be to meet, that is, to discuss things. So, immediately celebrities invited people to the lobby to ask.

It turned out that Lin Dan Khan pushed Tushetu Khan in front of him as a shield, and he led the tribe straight to the place where the living Buddha of Jebtsundamba lived, and his purpose was to let the living Buddha of Jebtsundamba help him persuade Zasaktu Khan, as well as the nearby tribes that gradually accepted Buddhism, to expand his power. The living Buddha of Jebtsundamba is not an ordinary living Buddha, it is one of the four reincarnated living Buddhas of Tibetan Buddhism in later generations, almost as famous as the living Buddha of the Tibetan region and the Panchen Lama in later generations, especially the living Buddha of Jebzundamba is the predecessor of the first generation of living Buddha, he must be a pragmatic wise man, otherwise as a foreigner, he will not be able to integrate into the local life. According to later accounts, the Living Buddha Jebtsundamba was a Tibetan from Litang, Sichuan, who came to the Khalkha Mongols to preach at the commission of the 4th Lama, who was the grandson of Tumut Mongol Dayan Khan, the result of a compromised relationship in a more complex power struggle.

It has been more than ten years since the living Buddha of Jebzundamba came here from the Wusi-Tibetan region, and he has a relatively full understanding of the complex forces here, coupled with his lofty status, he definitely knows more about the outside world than ordinary Mongolians, whether it is the rapid prosperity and expansion of the Ming Dynasty under the leadership of Zhu Youxiao, or Li Xin's bloodless and rapid acquisition of the Great Way of Uszang, these situations Jebzundamba Living Buddha has made a careful analysis of the situation, with his superb intelligence, he will definitely be biased towards cooperating with the Ming, Lin Dan Khan will not be the opponent of the Ming. So when Sun Chuanting sent troops to the three Khalkha departments, he planned to come forward to coordinate, but the Ming army marched too fast, and before he could communicate, Sun Chuanting had already subdued the two, and the arrival of Lin Dan Khan made things change. Originally, he also wanted to persuade Lin Dan Khan to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but he did not expect Lin Dan Khan to ask him to help fight against the Ming Dynasty in the name of his orthodox lineage. The Living Buddha of Jebzundamba naturally would not listen to Lin Dan Khan's coercion, so he was hijacked by Lin Dan Khan and traveled west, but there were still disciples who escaped, and this happened to ask Sun Chuanting for help.

Sun Chuanting learned the ins and outs of these things, so he naturally had to send troops to help, not to mention that the forces of Zasaktu Khan in the west needed to be solved, if the living Buddha of Jebzundamba could convince Zasaktu Khan, things would be much simpler, and there would be no bloody conquest, and it would be easier for the people to accept. For the time being, let Mo Luoma and Oba and Zai Sang Bu manage the political affairs here, Cao Wenzhao manage the military, and Sun Chuanting himself took He Renlong and Shuo Lei to chase after the Lin Dan Khan tribe.

Besides, Mao Wenlong and Zhu Youzhen and them, since they sent troops, the two built two castles according to the places designated on the map, and the main force of the construction was the tens of thousands of Japanese prisoners. According to Mao Wenlong's idea, these captives will give them something to eat, as long as they don't starve to death, and if they don't work, they will be beaten hard, tossed and pulled to death. Zhu Youzhen found that these captives were more obedient, and as long as the tasks were assigned, they could complete them conscientiously, and never talked about any conditions, which was a great advantage, and good obedience was not a habit of ordinary nations. Zhu Youzhen therefore decided to treat these captives well, not only to let them eat and drink, but also to provide them with better living conditions, in order to let them not harass the women in the vicinity, but also specially wrote a letter to Xiong Tingbi in North Korea, asking him to send more than 1,000 women from the Japanese country, in addition to keeping some as military prostitutes, the rest will be rewarded to the hardest working people as wives, Zhu Youzhen's trick is really good, and the construction of the entire castle has made great progress.

After arranging the construction of these two castles, Mao Wenlong and Zhu Youzhen took the soldiers of the 5,000 mountain foot cavalry battalion to the west side of the Beihai Sea, and arrived at the city of Irkutsk in later generations, which is the junction of two rivers, and the geographical environment is very good.

There are also many local residents nearby, Mao Wenlong and Zhu Youzhen began to get along with them in accordance with Sun Chuanting's orders, purchased their furs, and traded them to the salt, grain, iron tools and other more advanced things they needed, although the language was not too smooth, but the general meaning could still understand each other, and there were also soldiers from the western part of the Horqin grassland who quickly mastered this dialect that was somewhat similar to their own people, and began to do translation, and gradually communicated more and more with people nearby. By chance, he also found some blonde and blue-eyed Westerners, who also came to do the fur business, which attracted Mao Wenlong's attention, and he ordered the soldiers of the mountain foot cavalry battalion to quietly inquire about them.

After a period of contact, Mao Wenlong began to send troops to the west and north to reconnoitre, and also sent a friendly invitation to the Tuba people south of the Sayan Mountains to strengthen ties, because the current Tuba people belong to the territory of Zasaktu Khan, and Mao Wenlong's task is to intercept Lin Dan Khan, so he can only wait patiently for the progress of the southern route.

Finally, at the end of May, news came that Lin Dan Khan and his tribe had rushed to the territory of the Tuba people from the south. It turned out that Sun Chuanting sent He Renlong and Shuolei led the personal guards to adopt the tactics of a tiger digging out the heart, which was similar to the beheading action of later generations, and attacked the living Buddha of Jebu Zundamba with lightning speed, and rescued the living Buddha who was seized by Lin Dan Khan, and Lin Dan Khan, who lost the living Buddha, was forced to give up there, and rushed to the territory of the Tuba people with the tribe, preparing to seize this piece of territory.

Mao Wenlong took the soldiers of the 4,000-mountain foot cavalry battalion, left Zhu Youzhen to guard and build the castle in the north of the town, and went to ambush Lin Dan Khan according to the reconnaissance terrain. This is a mountain basin, at the entrance of the basin Mao Wenlong set up an ambush, and when Lin Dan Khan's remnants were defeated, there were less than 30,000 people old and young to enter the basin, Mao Wenlong took his arrogant soldiers and fierce generals to kill directly. Lin Danhan is not a fool, when he saw the fierce Mao Wenlong, he fled back directly, and he didn't meet him at all, and the angry Mao Wenlong scolded.

The desperate Lin Dan Khan had pursuers behind him and an obstacle in front of him, so he made the smartest choice, surrendered to Sun Chuanting, gave up the struggle, and the result was better than that of Tushetu Khan.