Chapter 50 The Mongol Soldiers Expose Their Hiding Places The Manchu army chooses a breakthrough

The Mongols withdrew from the Central Plains and returned to the steppe, never forgetting the glory of their ancestors. However, due to their constant internal strife, they could not form a unified force, and although they often brought a lot of harassment to the Han people in the south, they never posed a great threat. But they never took their eyes off the south they wanted, and intelligence was the forte of these savage-looking Mongols. The emerging kiln gang forces have long been in their sights. However, they never expected that this force would develop so rapidly, and what made them even more shocked was that the heroic and warlike Ordos people would be so vulnerable and quickly annexed. Therefore, the various departments on the grassland quickly came to the conclusion that they should not provoke the kiln gang people. In this way, the news spreads very quickly in the grassland. With such a vast land and such scattered dwellings, it has always been a mystery how the Mongols transmitted information and managed them effectively.

After the Yaogang people occupied the Hexi and Hetao areas, they gained a brief period of stability. But the Mongols will not be willing to endure forever, when the Manchu Qing issued a joint deal against the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols in Monan in addition to the Tumuts, those Mongolian tribes that were attached to the Manchu Qing naturally had to listen to the greetings, and even the Khalkha Mongols in Mobei and the Mongols in Moxi also temporarily stopped the dispute and wanted to deal with the Han people in the south together.

Historically, the Tatars launched three large-scale attacks on the Warats, driving the Warats to the Kobdo region in northwestern Mongolia, and the Warats basically withdrew from the Mongolian plateau. Under the blows of Kublai Khan's Tatars, the Warat people were divided into four tribes, the Dzungar Division, the Heshute Division, the Turghut Division, and the Dulbert Division, which was called Moxi Mongolia, or Oirat Mongolia.

The most powerful Dzungar tribe in Western Mongolia fled westward, driving the Turghut tribes to the west further west. The Turks defeated the Kazakhs and occupied the lower Volga region, the homeland of the Golden Horde, in the second year of Chongzhen (1632). Later, the Turgut Khanate occupied a vast area between the Don and Ural rivers.

Under the blows of the Tatars, the Varats scattered and fled, and the other tribe fled to the area of the Irtysh. In the sixth year of Chongzhen (1636), Gushi Khan, the younger brother of Heshute Khan, left the brigade and went to Qinghai to develop, establishing the Qinghai Heshute Khanate. Later, the already very powerful Dzungar Khanate destroyed the Hoshut Khanate.

The most powerful of the Western Mongols was the Dzungar Khanate. (The Dzungars were later genocide by the Manchus.) In the fourth year of Chongzhen (1634), *** Hongtaiji ascended the throne of Dzungar Khan. He defeated the Kazakhs and dominated the eastern part of Central Asia.

Faced with the threat of Russian invasion and the Manchu unification of Southern Mongolia, the leaders of the Western and Khalkha Mongols realized the importance of maintaining rule, strengthening order, and consolidating and strengthening the internal unity of the tribes. Based on this understanding of common interests, in September of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen (1640), under the advocacy and support of Batur Huntaiji, the leader of the Dzungar tribe, and the Khalkha Mongol Zasaktu Khan, a meeting of the Mongol chiefs of Erut and Khalkha was held in Tarbagatai, with the participation of 44 Mongol chiefs from various ministries, and the "Mongolian Oirat Code" was formulated, which was used as the basis for maintaining internal rule, coordinating the relationship between various ministries, strengthening rule, and common external affairs. As a result, the strength and position of the Dzungar tribe and the unity of the Mongolian tribes were greatly strengthened, and a stable and stable situation appeared in the Moxi Mongolian region. In the Erlut region, Batur Huntaiji concentrated his efforts on production and construction, developed animal husbandry production, and vigorously developed agriculture and handicrafts in the northern part of its capital (present-day Xinjiang) and the Boksel region, established fixed settlements, and gradually developed the nomadic economy into an urban economy, and the location of the Dzungar Department gradually became the political and economic center of Erut Mongolia.

The Mongol tribes of Mobei are also known as the Khalkha Mongol tribes because they are located along the Khalkha River (PS) in Mobei. After the 15th grandson of Yuan Taizu, Batu Mengke (Dayan Khan), unified eastern Mongolia, he merged the originally unrelated large and small territories of Monan and Mobei into 60,000 households, which were divided into two wings. The Khalkha Wanhu belonged to the left wing, with a total of 12 departments. The inner five are located east of the Khalkha River, and the outer seven are located west of the river.

Now the Tatar and Warat Mongol brothers joined forces with the Manchus to deal with the growing Han Chinese.

They carried out a rough division of labor, and the main targets of Dzungaria in Warat were the Hexi Corridor and the Hehuang region. The Tatar Khalkha Mongols dealt with the line from Helan Mountain to Datong. The Mongols and the Manchus worked together to deal with the area east of Zhangjiakou, mainly with these targets of the Ming army.

They also know that it is very difficult to keep such a large operation completely secret. But they all followed the advice of Fan Wencheng, a Manchu army, and took action together when the Yaogang people marched south. At the same time, they should not move too early, if the grass on the steppe is not green, it is not conducive to the movement of their brigade of cavalry. They agreed that the Manchu Qing and the Eight Banners of the Mongols and the Eight Banners of the Han Army would act first to divert the attention of the Han people, and then the Mongols in Moxi and Mobei would take action. The Mongols also knew very well that their advantage was the ability of their cavalry to maneuver quickly. In addition, they have a lot of offensive routes to choose from, and the Han people need to defend on a very wide front, and they can launch a surprise attack from any place where the Han people's defense is weak. Therefore, after their brigade was assembled, they immediately hid and suddenly disappeared without a trace. They know that this will put a lot of pressure on the opponent, and the opponent must be fully armed, and he must be on guard everywhere. Cause them a strong psychological pressure. This, it should be said, was done very successfully by the Mongols.

But what they didn't expect was that the battle of the Yaogang people's southern expedition would end so quickly.

The Manchu Qing wanted to integrate the Eight Banners of the Mongols and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, choose a weak point, and break through the wall again. This takes time and timing, so the Mongols in Moxi and Mobei are in a hurry. Because it is impossible for the brigade to hide for a long time, if you wait any longer and expose the target, the efforts to conceal in front will be in vain.

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He came to Baotou, and after understanding the situation in detail, they basically judged that this was the Mongols pretending to be suspicious and wanted us to be in a tense state for a long time, and once we relaxed, they would take action immediately. At the same time, they also judged that these Mongols must have been waiting for some opportunity. So what would make them such a wait?

Chen Yufeng asked Liu Yun: "Where is the brigade of the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" ”

Liu Yun said: "According to our intelligence, they left a team in front of Shanhaiguan. A large group of people and horses bypassed the Shanhaiguan. We still can't figure out where they went? ”

"Huh!" Ouyang He smiled and said: "I think it is likely that the Mongols will wait for the Manchu people to make a move and draw our attention to the east before the Mongols can make a move." Because of these three directions, only the Manchu side is stronger. ”

"Hmmm! I think the Manchus are likely to threaten Beijing after breaking through the wall and entering the customs this time. After attracting our help, the Mongols went into action. Chen Yufeng said, "This time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will repeat the old trick, and will choose a weak point on the Great Wall to come in." I read that Li Zhi was instructed to spread a little more in various parts of Zhongshu Province, especially around Beijing. We need to keep track of what they're doing when they come in. We can't just let them go this time. ”

"Li Jing, they have already arrived in Hanyang, they should not stay and rush back immediately. It is better to get into Zhongshu Province before the Manchus, and their ability to detect the situation is much better than that of Li Zhi's men. Ouyang He said.

Liu Yun said: "Needless to say, they know that there is a war here, and they are afraid that they will not be able to catch up, so they are in a hurry to rush back." You should notify your family and let them go to the kiln and bring their equipment directly to Zhongshu Province. ”

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He, they studied together in front of a large map, and the Manchu Qing would enter from there this time.

Chen Yufeng said: "Before coming, Zhimu judged that it was more likely that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would enter the customs from Miyun's Wall Ridge this time. ”

"I don't think so," Ouyang He said, "the Manchu Qing have broken through the wall from here twice, and the Ming army has also strengthened the garrison here. They don't do it again and again, do they? ”

"Soldier, treacherous!" Chen Yufeng said, "Besides, Zhimu will not say such a thing easily!" Of course, Zhang Zhimu can't say that the Manchu Qing Dynasty broke through the wall from the wall to Dingding Beijing for the third time after defeating Li Zicheng in a piece of stone.

Everyone focused their attention on the map eighty miles east of Miyun County.

Although, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He and other people have not been to the wall of the ridge, but they all know, this is an easy to defend and difficult to attack the Xiongguan dangerous pass, close the stone city, are made of more than 1,000 catties of boulders, the city is two feet high and five feet, the width is one foot and three feet, the city tower is a brick and stone structure, it is extremely solid, the north side of the pass is a cliff, there is a great wall more than a mile long on the cliff, there is a big iron cannon with a diameter of more than one foot long on the city wall, there is a beacon tower on the top of the mountain two miles before the pass, you can see the enemy dozens of miles away, there is an enemy situation, Immediately light the wolf smoke to send a signal. It can be seen that Ziling is a strong barrier to guard the Beijing Division, and is known as the "Wall Zixiongguan".

Despite this, the Manchu Qing Dynasty broke through from here twice in the 11th year of Chongzhen and the 15th year of Chongzhen, and plundered and left. Could it be that this time the Manchus will still approach Beijing from here? Everyone had doubts in their hearts.

Ouyang He said: "No matter where the Manchus enter the customs this time, we must be prepared to block them." Don't seek total annihilation, only heavy damage. That way we would have two years of stability. ”

"If you want to beat them away, one of our cavalry corps is enough." Chen Yufeng said. Let the Fourth Cavalry Corps be ready for a long-range attack. They had to have two riders each, and they had to be able to fight at a high intensity after a long run. ”

"It's a pity that the emperor has been guarding us now, otherwise our cavalry should have moved to Zhangjiakou. From Zhangjiakou, you can either directly approach the Qing troops entering the pass from inside the pass, or you can go out of the pass and bypass outside the pass and block them from the outside. Ouyang He said.

Zhou Yuji, who had not spoken, said: "In the Datong defense area, we can first let the Fourth Cavalry Army move to the east as far east as possible, and the closer to Zhangjiakou the better." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "This is a good idea, I think the Fourth Army will not be able to rest." Inform Jiang Pai to arrange this matter. The situation over there is still familiar. ”

"I think that the matter of the long-distance attack will be personally responsible for Jiang Ping." Ouyang He said: "Just rely on a cavalry army to deal with the Manchus." It takes courage and a little strategy. Don't fight with them. The artillery of the Fourth Army should be strengthened. Our mortars can follow the brigade of cavalry at high speed on horseback. Light and heavy machine guns can also be carried on horses. Now that the grass is green, there is no need to carry more forage. We can have more compressed biscuits and canned food for our people. The cavalry rode in two horses, followed by the transporters, and did not bring a carriage, but only a pack horse. This allows for quick maneuvering. ”

Jiang Ping and the Fourth Cavalry Army were of course overjoyed to receive such an order. After just over a day of preparation, they quietly left the camp at night and headed east. Because Ouyang He repeatedly emphasized in the telegram to them that this matter needs to be kept strictly confidential.

Dolgon and Fan Wencheng rushed to the Shanhai Pass to meet the various Shuobeiler for a meeting.

Dolgon said: "We must leave some soldiers and horses to contain the soldiers and horses of Shanhaiguan here, so that they do not dare to return to Beijing." The rest of our soldiers and horses had to bypass Shanhaiguan and approach the city of Beijing. ”

"We have entered the customs again and again, and have plundered a great deal of gold and silver. But each time, Beijing was not captured. If we are still so petty, when will we be able to realize the will of the old Khan to defeat the Ming Dynasty and enter the Central Plains? ”

Some of the other Shobel followed, saying, "Yes! This time we have concentrated such a large force, and the Mongols have fully cooperated. Isn't it time for us to take Beijing this time? ”

Dolgon raised his hands, pressed them down, and said, "I have consulted with the military advisor. In the past, we broke the customs in the autumn when the grain was ripe, so why did we start to act this spring? It is because our fierce enemies, the Yaogang people, are now attacking south. Leave us a chance to break through the wall. But we can't attack Beijing this time, not only can we not attack Beijing. We can't go as far south as we have done the previous times. Because, we didn't expect that the Yaogang people would basically end the main battle in the Central Plains so quickly. I'm going to have to get out of the way before they come back. If we attack Beijing, we will not be able to take it. Their brigade is back for help, I'm afraid we won't be able to come back. In short, it's not yet time for us to become the master of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Dorgon's words disappointed the Shobels. There was a lot of chaos for a while. Fan Wencheng saw it in his eyes and thought, you fools, I don't know if you can get in this time or not. Still buzzing here.

When everyone stopped talking, Dolgon ordered Azig and the auxiliary king Zilharang to stay in front of Shanhaiguan to contain the Ming army with a team of men. Military Fan Wencheng stayed at Shanhaiguan to assist them. The other brigades were personally led by Dolgon, bypassing the Shanhaiguan Pass to find an opportunity to break through the wall and enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

At this point, Dorgon and the others could not afford to delay too long. The Mongols, who had contacted them and cooperated with them to attack the Ming Dynasty, sent people to urge them several times, but they had long been impatient to assemble and wait. In particular, the news of the rapid end of the battle by the Kiln Gang people greatly shocked Dolgon, and he knew that as long as the Kiln Gang people turned around and dealt with him with all their might. You don't have a chance of winning. However, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou both said that the people of Yaogang cannot pose a direct threat to us now. Because it can be seen that Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty also began to guard against the kiln people. It is impossible for them to send the kiln gang into Zhongshu Province to threaten their Beijing. We are separated from the Yaogang people by Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and the Yaogang people cannot threaten us. It's just that the Mongols have to face the Yaogang people directly, and if the Yaogang people return to defend with a large army, the Mongols will suffer a big loss. However, the Yaogang people did not have a large army to return to defense, and the Mongols were not vegetarians, which was enough for the Yaogang people. They held back their energy and prepared for two or three years, just for this all-out blow.

Dolgon, they knew that whether it was a kiln man who suffered a loss from the Mongols, or a Mongol who suffered a loss from the kiln people, they were all happy. can weaken the power of this side. But for now, Dolgon still hopes to work with the Mongols to give the Han Chinese a little bit of power. At the very least, the Mongols could contain the power of the kiln. If he could defeat the Yaogang people and leave them to deal with the Mongols, Dolgon was still very confident.

This time, the location they chose to break the pass was really the wall ridge of dense clouds.

There are a few reasons for this. One is that they think that the first two times they entered the customs from here, the Ming army must have thought that they could not enter the customs from here again. In addition, it is very close to Beijing, and you can get straight to Beijing when you enter the customs. As long as the army enters the customs, the Ming army brigade will immediately return to Beijing to make way for them to attack. The few Ming troops who came to block it didn't even pay attention to them.

A few days after Chen Yufeng and the others arrived in Baotou, they judged the general location of the Mobei Mongols in the north. Because they sent a lot of scouts according to the map, and some of the scouts did not return. After a few times, it can be determined that there is a problem in this direction. Later, he consulted with Prince Torrey. Prince Tori affirmed, "They have crossed the desert and are now hiding in the col of Gray Tengliang Mountain. There's a small pasture there. The place where their brigade of cavalry was stationed had to have a place for grazing horses. But there is limited pasture, and although it is safe for them to hide there and not easy for outsiders to detect, they will not stay for long. ”

"The entire Yinshan Mountain Range is so big, why did they choose such a place?" Ouyang He asked.

Prince Tori said: "That place is in the northeast of our naturalization, very close to Chahar. We usually just go over there to graze. They are not easy for us to spot there. There is also an exit to the north of that mountain col to lead to Mobei, and an exit to the south to march south. And they're not close or far from our side, so if they were to attack, the distance would be just right. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "This also shows that it is possible for us to attack them? ”

Prince Tori was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "It should be like this." But the col is not small. We don't know what they're arranged, so we can't attack rashly. ”

Ouyang He said to Liu Yun: "Immediately concentrate your forces and slowly infiltrate the col of Gray Tengliang Mountain to approach and reconnoitre." Send company-level cavalry out to reconnoitre. Remember that the Mongols of Mobei were well prepared. If you get close, they will find out and spy on them. ”

Liu Yun agreed: "Yes!" I'll arrange it right away. There was also Li Kui, who reported that the activities of the Mongols on the side of Helan Mountain were also obvious. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Tell Ningde and Li Kui that they have the Great Wall to rely on, and they must resolutely focus on defense." Having the Great Wall at our disposal is our advantage. Our Baotou side is completely open, and it is best to take the initiative. ”

Liu Yun invited the commander of the First Cavalry Army, who had just arrived in Baotou, and as soon as they met, he asked, "Have all the people and horses of the brigade returned?" ”

"The First Division is back, and some troops will be there tomorrow." The commander of the 1st Cavalry Corps asked, "We can catch up with this battle!" ”

Liu Yun knew that this was because the army commander was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with the battle, so he personally led a division to advance lightly and rushed back first. The team behind will not be so fast.

Liu Yun asked, "Can you send out a cavalry reconnaissance company?" ”

"No problem, you're ready to go!" The commander of the First Cavalry Army also carried his fist troops with him at all times.

Liu Yun introduced to him the task to be investigated.

Although the commander agreed very happily, when it came to the implementation of specific tasks, he still asked in detail. Then the commander said: "Since the Mongols are hiding there, the outer defenses will be very tightly arranged. A small group of centaurs will be able to touch you out in no time. When the brigade passes, the target will be exposed. We can't just go straight to that pass. It should have gone north to the Yinshan Mountain Range and then to the east, and under the cover of the mountain, approached the mountain pass. ”

Liu Yun agreed with the judgment of this military commander, nodded and said, "Your idea is very right. Otherwise, one of our company of cavalry would have gone straight to the distance and would have been discovered. It's so far that you can't crawl forward. ”

"But I'm going to ask Prince Tori to send two of us as guides." said the military commander.

"That's fine, I'll just say it." Liu Yun said, "Hurry up and arrange the army!" ”

The soldiers of the cavalry reconnaissance company, in addition to being equipped with sabre automatic rifles, are equipped with a lot of special equipment. The most obvious is that each person is equipped with a pistol with ***. This time, the cavalry reconnaissance went out with three radios. Because if you split up, you can command it by radio.

When the cavalry reconnaissance company set out, not only were everyone dressed in camouflage uniforms, but their faces were also painted with camouflage, and several horses were also covered in grass-green camouflage. The two guides sent by Prince Tori laughed as soon as they saw the outfit of the cavalry company. They categorically disagreed with the camouflage on their faces as well, nor did they agree to change into camouflage uniforms. Later, the commander of the cavalry reconnaissance company told them that if you disobey the command, you can go back immediately. There was no way, so they asked the fighters of the cavalry company to paint them in camouflage. They didn't want to change their clothes, so they got them a camouflage shawl. Horses are required to wear camouflage. In this way, they walked on the grassland, and soon the grassland could merge together.

Due to the urgency of time, their cavalry reconnaissance company quietly left the garrison under the cover of night. After leaving Baotou, go in the direction of naturalization, bypass the naturalization city and continue north, to the foot of Daqing Mountain, then turn to the east and go east along the foot of the mountain. But they have not yet left the foot of Daqing Mountain. The spearhead who was fighting in front of him sent someone back and said, "There is a situation ahead!" ”

(PS: I checked some information, but I never found out which river the Khalkha is.) There is no river with this name on the map. But looking at some information, I know that there is a river called Wuersun River between Hulun Lake and Bear Lake. The Khalkha should not be far from the Ulsun River and the eastern shore of Lake Bell. Heading north along the Tao River you should be able to reach the Khalkha River and Lake Bear. The Khalkha is too far from here to seem to have nothing to do with the Khalkha River. I hope that readers who know about this Khalkha River will provide this information. ）

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