Chapter 63 Hetao Bulldozer (5)

Just when Exuanchen was blocked ten miles away, Zhao Kang and Daniel Zhang had already led 5,600 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to open the way with loaders, and slaughtered into the camp of the left wing of Ordos, which was almost entirely old, weak, sick and disabled. Except for a few sporadic resistances that were resolved by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, everyone was concentrated.

Zhao Kang was ready to use the families of these Mongols to recruit Mongol soldiers ten miles away. Although it is not difficult to defeat and destroy them all, if those people die a lot, who will shear their sheep in the future? Who is cannon fodder for himself?

At this time, the Elu Chen can no longer describe his mood with fear, his warriors have lost two or three hundred in just one charge, if it weren't for the other party's deliberate failure to pursue and let himself live, it is likely that the warriors under his command have collapsed.

This Ming army was like a mountain in front of him, and Temur and Bayar behind him led eight or nine hundred cavalry to kill the scattered men, staring at him like a wolf on the grassland.

When he was in a dilemma, he saw the steel monster in front of him get out of the way, and a group of Ming soldiers escorted the family members in their camp to the front of the battle, each with a bright steel knife behind their necks. This move of the Ming army caused a strong commotion in the ranks of the ministers, making him even more afraid to act rashly. The entire battlefield became silent in an instant.

At this time, a young official wearing the official uniform of the Ming State walked to the front of the battle surrounded by the guards, and said loudly to the minister: "If you don't surrender yet, when will you wait?" ”

Eluchen wanted to fight, but when he saw that the warriors under his command were about to move, and their expressions were flustered, he knew that this battle could not be fought again. He immediately asked, "If I surrender with my troops, how will you treat us?" ”

Hearing the words of the Eluchen, Zhao Kang was overjoyed and said: "I will let your son Temur take over the position of Ordos Jinong, rebuild Dongshengwei, and send officials to assist Ordos Jinong in managing local government affairs." The original Six Flags remain unchanged. As for your personal safety, cattle, sheep, horses, and other property, I will not touch you at all. ”

After listening to Zhao Kang's words, the helpless Eluchen looked back at the warriors behind him who had no intention of fighting, and then looked at the Ming soldiers in front of him, sighed, turned over and dismounted, and knelt in front of the battle: "I am only a catty - Eluchen is willing to surrender!" ”

After the more than 9,000 Mongol cavalry in the central banner of the left wing of Ordos disarmed and surrendered, the rest of the work of collection was simple. Chen Erdian and Li Laoguan were sent to continue to recruit the small tribes scattered in various places, while Zhao Kang occupied the big tent that belonged to the Elu ministers, and thought about the plan to manage the grassland region in it. Zhao Kang still appreciates the alliance flag system implemented by the Qing Dynasty to manage Mongolia, although this system of dividing Mongolia and controlling the upper echelons of Mongolia, Zhao Kang seems to be purely a symptom but not a root cause, and cannot solve the fundamental problem. However, for the late Ming Dynasty, when transportation and communication were extremely underdeveloped, it was also a relatively effective method of managing nomads.

Three days later, after Zhao Kang discussed with the generals under his command, he rebuilt Dongshengwei in Ordos, privately canonized Chen Erdian as the chief officer of Dongsheng, expanded the Eighth Route Army under his command into two guards, renamed the first town of the Eighth Route Army, and expanded the total strength to 11,200 people, of which 5,600 were the first guard of the original Eighth Route Army, and the other 5,600 people were selected from various departments in Ordos to form elite cavalry, and stationed in Dongsheng for a long time.

The main task of the leader of the alliance is to act as the convener of the triennial alliance, to perform the duties of beating, training, checking the money valley, and trying major criminal cases, but he has no right to send troops, cannot directly interfere in the internal affairs of the banners, and has no right to issue orders to the banners, but only supervises the banners in the alliance, and has the responsibility to report the illegal or rebellious acts of the banner owners at any time.

Although the banner owners can be hereditary, they must be agreed by the alliance leader and the Dongsheng commander-in-chief, and Zhao Kang himself needs to sign the letter of appointment to legally inherit the position of the banner master. Each banner owner must form a standing army of 1120 people, named by Zhao Kang as "Ordos XXX Banner Tubalu Cavalry", referred to as Tubalu, the banner owner relies on Tubalu to maintain his own right to rule, every year all Tubalu personnel changes must be reported to the Dongsheng General Army, in case of war, Dongsheng General Soldier has the right to command all the Tubalu of the banners within the territory.

All Mongols in the Ordos region were allowed to do business or work in any of the places under the jurisdiction of the governor of Yansui, but only with a guide signed by the banner owner. Of course, strategic materials such as armor, weapons, and gunpowder are not allowed to be traded. Only the banner owners are eligible to apply to the Dongsheng General Army, which will be signed and agreed by the Dongsheng General Army, and then sent to Yulin to be signed by Zhao Kang, and finally can be collected. Although the process is troublesome, these things are all provided free of charge by the Yamen, the governor of Yansui Town.

As for the question of whether the court admits the Dongsheng General Army and the leader of the Ordos Alliance, Zhao Kang has never considered it, in his opinion, of course, his own territory is to be his own master, as long as our governor Yansui admits it.

However, the process to be done still has to be done, Zhao Kangdang and wrote a "good news" sent to Beijing through 800 miles of expedited, saying that the Mongolian Ordos Department Jinong Erjin - Erlinchen led 100,000 Mongolian iron cavalry soldiers to invade Yansui Town from Fugu, Yulin, Dingbian three places, Yansui Governor Zhao Kang personally came to the battlefield, bloody battle, led the Eighth Route Army under his command in the Mongolian cavalry array seven in and out, ten swings and ten decisions, seventy-two arrows in the body still did not retreat, and finally 100,000 Mongolian iron cavalry were annihilated, and the El Luchen led his troops to surrender, The entire north bank of the loop has been taken by Zhao Kang.

Zhao Kang said that his move dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of the puppet Qing State, cut off the black hand of Huangtai who wanted to invade northern Shaanxi through Mongolia, and strongly supported the Liaodong front line in the west of the Ming Dynasty. And said in the war report that the so-called elite of the Eight Banners of the puppet Qing State is a paper tiger, which looks very scary, but in fact, it will be broken when stabbed.

Finally, in the "war report", he requested that Ordos be placed under the rule of the governor of Yansui, and at the same time recommended Temur, the son of Eluchen, as the Jinong of Ordos, rebuilt Dongshengwei, and recommended Chen Erdian as the commander-in-chief of Dongsheng.

As for whether the court minister believes in his "battle report", then Zhao Kang doesn't care, even if the court sends someone to see it, it doesn't matter, it is an indisputable fact that the Ordos region has been taken by himself.