Chapter 209: Recovering the Loop (14) (Page 1/1)

Lin Dan Khan's eyes were bloodshot, and he pointed to the ancient Han who came out of the account and said: "Now it is no longer a problem to deal with the Ming Dynasty, Ordos actually wants to break away from Mongolia, are you ready to watch this kind of traitor live a nourishing life?" “

The minds of the tribal leaders had changed, and Oba said, "The Great Khan wants to crusade against Buchen, and Korqin is willing to help. When I return, I will provide a large number of cattle and sheep to be transported to the Chahar side as soon as possible to support the Great Khan's operation. “

Fried flowers also said: "Nekhalkha is willing to provide 5,000 elite soldiers to conquer Ordos with the Great Khan." "Anyway, Nekhalkha is far away from here, and the possibility of his elite soldiers wanting to participate in the battle with the Ming army is close to zero, so it is still possible to send an empty favor by frying flowers.

The envoy of Tumut said: "I will report to Tumut Khan when I go back, and we will also participate in the Great Khan's crusade against Ordos." "Tumut is close to the Yellow River, and if there is a fight, he must send troops, so the envoy can only ask the king of Shunyi, Bu Shitu, first.

As for the Etoks of Chahar, they were naturally even more indignant, and they all said that they would follow the Great Khan to crusade against Ordos, of course, how many of them were willing, and no one knows.

Zhang Xinchen went all the way east and rushed to the Jungar tribe. When the herdsmen saw the Ming army, they did not flee, but welcomed them into the yurt. Zhang Xinchen said to the guards next to him: "General Zhou is kind-hearted, and there are no more killings in Junggar, and General Xue and I still think that he is a woman." Now it seems that he has made our Ming army do the best of the heart of the Jungar Department, and we must learn from him in the future. “

Zhang Xinchen dismounted and comforted the herdsmen, accepted the cattle and sheep offered by the herdsmen, and asked the quartermaster to write a note, which stated that the Jungger Department would sacrifice a number of cattle and sheep, and then handed it to the tribal leader and said: "In the future, when the Ming official comes, you can take this document and hand it to him, and he will take care of you." “

Taiji of the Junggar Department said gratefully: "I'm tired of the general, if the general needs it, if the general needs it, just tell me to wait, General Zhou said that Hanmeng should be friendly as a family, so please start with our Junggar Department first." “

Zhang Xinchen stationed his troops at the ferry crossing of the Jungar tribe. If Chahar wants to attack, this is the way to go. The Ming army set up tents three miles from the ferry, arranged sentry posts, and waited here for Lin Dan Khan's attack.

The next afternoon, the sentry saw a ship coming downstream, and heard a sudden sound. Frightened, he immediately reported up, Zhang Xinchen ran over, saw the Daming flag on the bow of the ship and said: "Don't panic, although they can sail against the water without sails, but the downstream is our territory, of course our ship." ”

The boats slowly sailed upward, and when they arrived at the Ming army station, the ships docked to the shore, Zhu Qiming didn't wait for the gangplank to be set up, so he jumped ashore first, and gave a military salute to Zhang Xinchen and said: "Major Zhu Qiming of the Guards has seen General Zhang. With that, he took out the documents of the military department and handed them over.

Zhang Xinchen laughed and said, "It turns out that our martial champion has arrived, welcome." Looking at the documents of the Ministry of War, it turned out that Zhu Qiming was appointed as the commander of the Yellow River Water Military Battalion, leading the Water Military Battalion to deliver supplies to the Ming army of the Han Wu Operation, and also shouldering the responsibility of guarding the Yellow River.

Zhang Xinchen said: "This ship should be the steam ship researched by the Ordnance Bureau, it is really a good thing, it can run freely in the water without sails." ”

Zhu Qiming said: "Now it is separated from the Ordnance Bureau, and it is called the Hydraulic Transportation Bureau. The younger brother Chuyu (Zhu Zhiyu's character) cooperated with Mr. Fang to build a steamboat that took an hour and eighteen miles. The emperor thought that it could already be used to equip the army, so the military department set up a water barracks. Now there were five divisions of ammunition for one battle on board, and some of the silk and cotton cloth to be given to the Mongols. Since we have only built ten steamships in total, after the ammunition and other items are unloaded, we will go to Zhenqiang Fort to transport grain and vegetables. ”

Zhang Xinchen said: "Look at the documents of the Ministry of War, your ship still has artillery?" ”

Zhu Qiming replied: "A ship is 350 materials, with 12 catties of cannons and 10 guns, there are iron sheets next to it that can be erected, with firing and aiming holes on it, the military department has experimented, it can shoot 20 shells and 250 to 300 bullets per minute, and ten ships can form a local suppression of the enemy. ”

Zhang Xinchen said: "We have enough food, vegetables are not urgently needed, I will first send scouts to cross the river to reconnoiter and see the movements of the Mongols." How long does it take you to make a round trip from Zhenqiang Fort? ”

Zhu Qiming said: "It took us 16 hours to swim upstream, and if we add the loading time to the round-trip, we should be able to go back and forth in 36 hours." ”

Zhang Xinchen said: "Then let's get something first, and wait for the scout to send the news and decide whether to return to deliver food and vegetables." ”

The scouts of the Guards found that Chahar's army had not yet been mobilized, and they did not know if they could reach the Yellow River after ten days of seeing the situation. Zhang Xinchen was relieved and asked Zhu Qiming to transport grain and vegetables from the river, the guards had not eaten fresh vegetables for nearly a month, although the military rations contained carrot powder and potato powder, which could ensure the basic nutritional needs of the soldiers, but it was still not as pleasing to the eyes as seeing green vegetables.

The Chahars dragged their feet, and after twelve days they finally set out. Lin Dan Khan personally led the troops and used a total of four Etoks in Chahar, while the 5,000 elite soldiers of the Inner Khalkha heard that they were still on the way, and the Tumut Ministry reported that the Ming army had been stationed fifty miles outside the city of Guihua, waiting for them to attack after leaving the city.

Lin Dan Khan changed his mind in a fit of rage, and he sent a messenger to the Tumut tribe, agreeing to attack the Ming army outside the city together.

Xue Boling led his troops to cross the Yellow River at the Tuoketuo tribe, defeated the Tuoketuo tribe, and then joined forces with Du Guangting outside the Naturalized City. The two divisions were stationed on a hill between the Yellow River and the city of Guihua, and although they brought military rations, no one would dislike too much food, so after the army was stationed, small units were sent to harass the small tribes of the Tumut tribe. They don't kill anyone, they just ask for some cattle and sheep, and they are willing to make a white slip, promising that they will be rewarded in the future.

What can the small tribes of Tumut do? If you beat it, you can't beat it, and it's useless to repay the king of Shunyi, so I had to take out the cattle and sheep in exchange for a piece of white paper that I don't know if it's useful. Fortunately, the Ming army was not greedy, and there were not many cattle and sheep taken at one time, and they would symbolically leave some cotton cloth or something as the so-called advance payment.

Xue Boling had always been in contact with Zhang Xinchen's troops who went east, so Zhu Qiming soon sent a large amount of ammunition and food by boat, and even brought exquisite silver coins. Xue Boling asked people to send grain, cotton cloth and silver coins to the tribes that had "borrowed" cattle and sheep, and made it clear that it was okay to barter if they wanted, and they could take silver coins if they wanted, and the silver coins could be used to trade with the merchants. But the Mongols were very simple, and most of them chose grain and cotton cloth, and some of the more active people chose silver coins.

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