Unlike Xi Gui, Jiang Sihai and others who made a series of moves there, on the other side, there were no twists and turns in the conversation between the Mongolian men and Zhang Mengcheng and Cai Zhong.

These Mongolian men, led by Hada Batu, have a very wise understanding of the combat power of the soldiers under the Ming army officers in front of them. Even if the number of opponents is cut in half, they are not opponents at all.

Fortunately, the Han master in front of him didn't seem to be interested in cutting off their heads, but instead expressed that he wanted them to choose to surrender. Moreover, the leading Han man also expressed his willingness to provide food help. It can ensure that everyone's livestock can survive this winter smoothly.

The price is to follow the herd of the Han lord together, and at the same time, when necessary, to go to war with the Han lord.

Of course, before the work that will inevitably be assigned in these days begins. Their temporary small herdsmen will definitely be dispersed, and the herdsmen will be scattered and incorporated into the ranks of the Han master.

Although the Mongolian men were very resistant at this time, the pressure of reality forced them to choose to give in at this time.

(Mongolian) "So, you were originally a member of the El Chanchen, who was later adopted by Lin Dan Khan to other chieftains, but fled because of conflicts with other tribes, in order to escape the strife?" (Note 1)

Although the Mongolian accent of the Han man is very strange, he is still relatively fluent. It didn't take much effort for Tuligur to understand what the other man was saying, as did the other Mongolian men.

Hadabatu replied respectfully again: "Yes, my lord, after Jinong (Exuanchen) fled to Mobei, we, the original Jinong's subordinates, were discriminated against by people from other tribes and suffered a lot. ”

After Haddabatu finished speaking, Mugdenbao also quickly added: "Yes, we have a hard time, we are always bullied by others, and we hate those bastards to death. ”

For the words of the eldest brother of Hadabatu, Tuli Gulben is nothing. But after hearing Mugdenbao's addition, the corners of his mouth immediately twitched unconsciously.

In fact, only Tuligur himself and his dead brother were the two families of the herdsmen who went south, and the others were actually from different tribes.

He and his dead brother did suffer a lot of discrimination and bullying before, but after the chaos of the past two years, everyone doesn't care about their original belongings. Therefore, the Tuligur family is not discriminated against by everyone now, only this guy Mugdenbao will want to take advantage of his family from time to time under the old thinking.

What Brother Hadabatu meant, Tuligur also understood. He planned to pretend that the group of them were herdsmen who were not welcomed in the north, so that they would be taken in by the Han master in front of them now, and they might be treated better in the future.

Tuligur is not a fool either, so he did not debunk it stupidly. But after seeing Mugdenbao's face, Tuligur's heart became very twisted.

(Chinese) "Xiucai, the corners of this guy's mouth twitched, it seems that there is a falsehood in what their group said to you." ”

At this time, another old man beside the Han master said something with a whip in both hands. Although Tuligur couldn't understand what he meant by Chinese, Tuligur felt as if he was talking about himself.

However, the Han master did not react then, but waved his hand to silence the other master holding the whip, and then continued to question them as the surrendered Mongols.

(Mongolian) "Although the north is chaotic now, it is still largely dominated by Lin Dan Khan. I would like to know which Mongol chiefs are most useful in this area right now. ”

Hada Batu's answer sounded again later: "It should be Batu Huang Taiji, and there are several leaders such as Budadai." ”

"Budadai, are you talking about reckless thoughts? Erdinei? Is it the eldest son of Heluochi? (Note 2)

Hadabatu nodded his head to indicate that it was.

"How many people are there in the tribe of Budada?"

Hadabatu could not answer this question. He kind of wanted to say he didn't know, and he kind of wanted to make it up. But when he saw the slightly narrowed eyes of the Han master in front of him, and the sudden change of momentum of the other old man holding the whip on the side, Hadabatu suddenly felt that it was difficult to do it.

Mugden Bao took advantage of this moment to open his mouth to relieve the siege and said: "In the past, when Lord Heluochi was still there, there were more than 1,500 people in the entire tribe. The chief of Heluochi had four sons, each of whom divided some of his tribes. Coupled with the turmoil of these years, the strongest of the four people, Budadai, had only five or six hundred people left at most. ”

"That means that if Buddadai and his brother join forces, there will be more than a thousand people." When the Han man saw Mugdenbao speak, he turned his head to him.

"Probably not, Budadai and his brothers did not have the prestige of the original leader of Heluochi, and many of his subordinates chose to leave before. The world has been chaotic all these years, and there should be more people who have fled. Mugdenbao was not timid and spoke directly about his opinion.

Tuligur glanced at Mugdenbao, though the other man's behavior became more and more doggy. But if you can help Brother Hadabatu solve the siege, then it's not bad. Mugdenbao turned out to be from the Heluochi tribe, and what he said should not be nonsense.

Sure enough, after getting the answer, the Han man who asked the question communicated in Chinese with another person holding a whip on the side. As if they had checked the information they had gathered themselves, and after confirming that it was correct, the other master holding the whip regained his composure.

"The original finisher? Yun Du Chi? Beat the boys? What about Du'er, is he dead? Don't talk this time, let someone else tell me, and that's all there is to you. ”

The Han man who asked spoke again, which made Mugdenbao a little puzzled. When he was about to reply, he was told to shut up, and Tuligur was caught and questioned.

"Batu Huang Taiji is the son of the Han commander Du Er Taiji." (Note 3)

Tuligur was a little uneasy, although he happened to know this, and nothing was wrong. But the Han man in front of him, this inquiry should be a temptation.

Moreover, this Han man's observation is very accurate, and he can see at a glance that he is the person who knows the least about the tribes in this vicinity. If he continued to ask questions, he would probably not be able to answer. If there is a mistake at that time, the lie that my gang told before will be broken.

But to Tuligul's surprise, the Han master in front of him did not choose to continue to ask. Instead, after asking a few more about the situation in most of Mongolia in the north, he directly put Tuligur and others back to his family.

While Tuligur breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but worry about the days ahead. This Han man seems to know a lot about the Mongols, and most of his own people will be controlled very tightly.

……

"Xiucai, did that gang lie somewhere just now?"

Cai Zhongquan watched the Mongolian men who were taken away by his subordinates leave, and then asked Zhang Mengcheng. Although Cai Zhongquan did not understand Mongolian, he could see something by his eyesight and intuition.

"Except that they are all from the same tribe and are lying, other things about Dazi outside of Jingbian and Ningsai should be correct, there is a slight difference from the information we found before, but overall it is about the same."

"Then did you just demolish them, I didn't seem to have them from the side."

"Anyway, I've already seen it, so it's better for them to scratch their heads. In this way, we can also leave an unfathomable impression in their hearts, and they will not dare to play tricks when they do things under our hands in the future. ”

After getting Zhang Mengcheng's reply, Cai Zhongquan had some understanding. This kind of pretentious method of the superior seems to have been used by his eldest brother. Xiucai can now use the newly accepted Dazi, and it seems that this sister-in-law has grown a lot.

At this time, Zhang Mengcheng replied to Cai Zhongquan's words, and at the same time asked his subordinates to fetch his special quill pen and ink in a small leather bag. Then, Xiucai took out a small notebook and began to revise the information he had collected from the Mongols.

Although Cai Zhongquan is not too literate, he can still understand some of the information written by Xiucai. So after thinking about it for a while, he said on the side.

"Since the side of the Bundadai is even weaker than we deduced before, then should we change the goal. Let's ignore the unlucky guy of the rabbit (the Ming people's name for Batu Huang Taiji), and call the brothers in the military fort to pinch and mend the soft persimmons together. ”

Before Xiucai, he had introduced himself to the enemies outside the side wall of Yansui West Road, especially outside several military forts such as Zhenjing, Jingbian, Ningsai, and Liushujian. Huang Taiji had been fighting with the Ming army before, and he was the most likely to clash with their group of pioneers, so he was their main enemy.

But now it seems that the patchwork in the area of Baichengzi and Heishui is too easy to defeat. If you put them at peace first, after swallowing the livestock and tribes of those Dazi, it will be easier to go back and clean up the rabbits.

"I still stuck to the original plan and continued to stare at the tribe of rabbits. Let's slowly accumulate strength now, although the fight Tai and his brother may be weaker than expected, but they are still far from us. And our main reliance is on the brothers of the two military forts in Ningsai and Jingbian behind us. If our hands are stretched too long, the support behind us may not be usable. ”

Zhang Mengcheng knew that Cai Zhongquan wanted to prove himself to the others at the top of Artemisia, and wanted to quickly grow his power outside the border wall, so as to make a career. However, this idea is a bit radical for those of them who have just come out of the side wall and have not yet gained a firm foothold, so Jin Dingshan's Xiucai does not intend to support it.

"Okay."

Cai Zhongquan didn't get support, and he felt a little regretful, he really felt that they could do it.

This time, he and Xiucai took more than 100 men out of the side wall, and there were already dozens of elite soldiers inside. If the others train well, they will be able to fight in battle. As for the two military forts of Jingbian and Ningsai, there are hundreds of cavalry alone that can quickly support, and there are thousands of elites if you add infantry.

And the Dazi they are facing is just talking about beating the tribe of five or six hundred people. The number of people who can get on the horse-drawn bow is at most half of the number. Compared with the elite soldiers of Jinding Mountain and Artemisia Peak, these Dazi are simply some rabble. Even if you add the subordinates who beat the Tai Brothers, they are definitely not their opponents. What's more, in order to graze, Dazi's forces are scattered, and they have almost nothing to worry about the rapid response of the Ming army.

On the contrary, the strength of the rabbit is more challenging, although as early as the time when Shen Yikui had not rebelled before, the rabbit suffered some losses under the descendant of the West Road, and then he did not take advantage of it in the next battle with Zhang Mengjin and others.

But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the rabbit Lao Tzu has left him with a lot of money after all. And because he ran into opponents who were too strong in battle, such as Jin Dingshan and Artemisia Dingding, he was still very difficult to entangle when facing other Ming troops. (Note 4)

Zhang Mengcheng could see that Cai Zhongquan still had thoughts in his heart, and he felt that he needed to remind his partner not to ignore the others because he was too focused, so Xiucai once again pointed out the more threatening enemies in the future.

"It's better to broaden our horizons, our future opponents are not only the brothers who beat the rabbit and the boys, that guy is likely to be the most headache enemy for the two of us."

"Oh, who else on this territory can be the opponent of our brothers in the military fort?"

"Not only Jingbian and Ningsai, but also the entire West Road, or including the entire Yansui Town, the military towns in the northwest of Shaanxi have to worry about the opponent."

Cai Zhongquan was mentioned, and immediately thought of who Xiucai was talking about. can threaten the entire northern border of Shaanxi, and there is only one person in Dazi.

"You mean, ......, Hudun Rabbit is coming back?"

PS: Note 1: Eren Chen (1600 ~ 1656), that is, Errenchen, also translated as Erlinqin. Is it Nayan Da'er, who is Gon? Bilik's eldest son. And Gon? Bilik was the grandson of Dayan Khan, and because he neglected political affairs in his later years, the power was controlled by his brother Alda) The fifth member of the family, the son of Bosoktu and the brother of Slen Erdeni.

After the death of Slen Erdeni, in 1627 he succeeded to the post of Ordos Jinong. In 1628, in order to conquer the Horqin, Zalut and other departments that had dealings with the Later Jin, Lin Dan Khan transferred the Ordos and Tumut departments to the vicinity of the Khan's court, and the El Xuan Chen fled to Mobei, Lin Dan Khan hated him for fleeing north, and in 1630 canceled his title of Jinong. After the Later Jin pacified Lin Dan Khan's son Ezhe, Elu also surrendered to the Later Jin and served as the first head of the Yikezhao League in 1649 when the Qing Dynasty implemented the alliance flag system against the Ordos Ministry.

Note 2: Reckless thinking? Erdinei? Heluo Chi, also known as Huoluo Chi Du Er Taiji (Man Kesu?) A does not harm), Ming Dynasty historical materials often refer to it as Huoluochi. It should be noted that this Huoluochi (Ordos people) is not the same person as the Qinghai Huoluochi Nuoyan (Tumut people) who were stationed outside Hezhou and Taozhou in Shaanxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Manksu? Ah is not harmful? Tarni (as much as that said?) Bilik's son, who had seven brothers in addition to Nayan's eldest son) was a member of the fourth generation of the family. Budadai was his eldest son, and Budadai's son, Erinqin, became the first feudal Zazak of the Ordos Right Wing Front Banner (Wushen Banner, subordinate to the Yikezhao League) in 1649.

Note 3: Finished? Yun Du Chi? Beat the boys? Put Du'er, also known as beating Erhan and putting Du'er Taiji. His son Batu Huang Tai Ji Duo was called Rabbit Huang Tai Ji by the Ming people, and some sources also called it Ming Huang Tai Ji. Beat the man is also that wood? A member of the fourth generation of the Tarni family, he was associated with Mankesu? Ah Bu is a cousin relationship.

Note 4: According to Wang Renzhong's "Frontier Affairs" and the record in volume 413 of the "Ming Jing Shiwen Compilation", the Mongols outside Jingbian, Ningsai, and Liushujian were known as "reckless and strong, and the most cunning." The two Mongol leaders together numbered about "more than 3,000 tribes."

Mangkesu is the homonym of Mankesu, that is, the fire falls red. Fighting a man should be a false writing of beating a man, and the two of them are that wood? A member of the Tarni family, he has been threatening the military forts on the western roads such as Jingbian and Ningsai during the Wanli period. In the period of the Apocalypse and Chongzhen, the descendants of the two were still active in the area of the West Road.

But after all, Huo Luochi had four sons, and his inheritance would definitely be weakened by the division. And the son of Ta'er Han, Batu Huang Taiji, seems to have inherited his father's subordinates relatively completely, so the author here sets the power of the rabbit to be greater.