Chapter 145: Guarding the Border

"Five years ago, the nomads of the steppe surrendered to Chahar, and now the original cattle and sheep on the slopes of Osaka have avoided this group of people, and it can be concluded that this group of people and horses will not be Chahar. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info“

The old man measured the distance from Shenyang to Langshan River with his hand on the map, "I'm afraid that the camp of Aixinjin Country is not far from Osakapo." ”

Yang Ritian raised his face in the darkness that flickered in the candlelight: "Send a team of people to Qingshanzui to meet the scout team!" ”

Sun Yi asked, "You mean to send Yang Liulang?" ”

Yang Ritian hesitated.

Yang Liulang's state is not suitable for battle, but there are too few generals in the Tiemu Battalion who can lead troops.

Mo Rigen Mao then recommended himself: "I'll take a trip." “

Sun Yi and Yang Ritian glanced at each other.

After the last steppe war, Mozhigen is familiar with the situation on the steppe.

"It's just", Sun Yi was a little uneasy, "Uncle Mo Rigen, you are so old, can your body withstand it?" “

Mo Rigen smiled: "Kikige handed it over to Lidel, but I was left with a matter of concern. He Shengxiang joined the Ironwood Battalion, but it was my second concern. Now that I don't have anything to worry about, it's time to do what I want to do. “

Xiang Ritian reminded: "Uncle, who will take care of the affairs of Heshengxiang when you leave?" “

Mo Rigen replied: "The rule of our Tiemu camp is to elect the township head. The nomadic people of Hesheng Township live in scattered places, and they can't gather for a while, so I'm just taking care of things temporarily, and I can let Battle hold on for a while. “

Battle shook his head: "I want to join the army, I want to win a Battle honor." “

The "hero" fame of the Tiemu Battalion corresponds to the Mongolian language "Battle".

Mo Rigen had no choice but to temporarily appoint a township chief from among the three lobbyists who could speak well.

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It is said that Ga Li Guang led eight scouts down the mountain and was ordered to find the herdsmen on the slope of Osaka to understand the situation.

A group of people went down to the middle of the mountain, and it was already dark, and the scouts camped on the mountain.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, Ga Li Guang noticed that the cattle and sheep on the Osaka slope were beginning to scatter.

Ga Li Guang's first thought was: "Something happened!" ”

Return to the top of the mountain, or continue down?

The situation has changed, and although the scouts returning to the top of the mountain are not responsible, the headquarters still does not know what is going on with the nomads below.

Ga Li Guang was ruthless and continued to descend the mountain.

Towards evening, the scouts descended into a valley. As long as they follow the valley, the scout team can walk out of the green hills.

The spearhead in front suddenly raised his fist.

The scouts in the back immediately dispersed.

There was a burst of Mongolian words.

The voices were getting closer and closer, and three people dressed as nomads appeared.

Each of the three men wore a special felt hat with the brim turned up, and the middle of the hat protruded high into a point, tied with red cherry blossoms. His clothes were covered with dust, he had a dagger hanging from his belt, and he carried a bow and arrows on his back.

The trio stepped into the scout's ambush without even noticing.

With a willow whistle, several scouts appeared, pointing their electric three-eyed guns at the three of them.

One of the three nomads screamed and lay on the ground with his hands over his ears, one hurried towards the scout with the electric gun, and one reached out to pick up his bow and arrows.

"Boom!"

Ga Li Guang's electric gun pointed diagonally to the sky, and a cloud of white smoke rose, and the roar of gunpowder echoed in the valley.

The nomad who rushed to the scout jumped to the ground, and the nomad who picked up his bow crouched down with a "pout".

A Mongolian scout shouted, and the nomad crouching on the ground immediately threw his bow and arrow far away.

Ga Li Guang pulled out his ears, which were a little itchy from the echo of the three-eyed gun, and commanded the scout in a loud voice, "Ask who they are." ”

Before the words fell, the nomad who was lying on the ground and covering his ears immediately shouted in the northern Jin dialect: "We are good Tartars." ”

Ga Li Guangle was happy, and the first time I heard someone call him like this, "Which family are you a tartar?" ”

The good Tartar hurriedly replied: "I am the border guard Tartar outside the monolith mouth of Xuanzhen. ”

Ga Li Guang let out a "huh" and put away the three-eyed gun in his hand.

The so-called border guards refer to the original Altanjin people who guarded the area beyond the border wall for the Ming Dynasty. The border guards belong to the nature of mercenaries, and those who serve as soldiers receive monthly salaries from the Ming Dynasty, and the Jin Khan receives a fixed "super value military fee" from the Ming Dynasty every year, which is called the "reward".

The border guards did not belong to the border army of the Ming Dynasty, but they generally had a good relationship with the border army of the Ming Dynasty.

Ga Li Guang asked: "Since you are Xuanzhen guarding the border, why did you come here?" ”

The border keeper hurriedly said: "Five years ago, the border guard returned to the Chahar family, and the Chahar prince went to fight the Horqin family in February this year, and I was transferred. ”

The name of the Ming Dynasty was called Lin Dan Khan of Chahar as the prince.

Ga Li Guang frowned: "Horqin is obviously in the east......"

Shoubian Tartar said: "Prince Chahar went to fight Horqin under the guise of avoiding Aixin Jinguo. The men and horses of Chahar and the people of the Aixin Jin Kingdom have been going around in several big circles on the grassland. ”

Ga Li Guang asked: "Where are the people of Chahar and the people of the new Jin Kingdom now?" ”

The border keeper did not hesitate to confess; "The people of Chahar just passed through here three days ago and went north, and the people of Aixin Jinguo are only a day's journey from here in the east."

Ga Li looked at the top of the mountain.

If only there were walkie-talkies, such an important intelligence headquarters must be in a hurry to know.

Ga Li Guang slowed down his tone: "Are the two of them also guarding the border?" ”

The border keeper shook his head: "They were robbed by the Aixin Jin Kingdom five years ago, and last year they escaped from the war between the Aixin Jin Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty and defected to the Chahar Prince. There are four of us in total, we are the sentinels on the periphery, and today we were accidentally discovered by the Tanma of the Aixin Jin Kingdom, and one of them was killed in the battle, and the three of us escaped. ”

Ga Li Guang pondered for a while and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The border guard returned: "My name is Wu Zhiyuan. The martial arts of civil and martial arts, the wisdom of wisdom, and the far and near. ”

Ga Li Guang was surprised: "Are you a Han or a nomad?" ”

Wu Zhiyuan replied: "My ancestor is Hu Da'er, so the Han surname is Wu, and I rank the wisdom characters according to the genealogy." ”

Ga Li Guang was a little sweaty, he was upright and upright, and the Miao people did not have a genealogy, but the nomads of Hudaer were more like Han people than themselves.

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References (not related to the plot, skip for uninterested readers)

The inscription of the Ming Dynasty military department

It is well known that the Mongol chronicles of the 17th century avoided "contemporary history" and rarely mentioned the deeds of Lindan Khan. Because of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the last emperor Chongzhen did not have an official record, although a private record came out, its credibility is very problematic. The archival documents of the founding period of the Qing Dynasty mainly record the great achievements of loving the new country.

At the time of the change of dynasty in the Ming and Qing dynasties, most of the archives were destroyed in the war. There are only a few Ming Dynasty archives (hereinafter referred to as "Ming files") that have survived to this day. In the "Ming Files", the archives of the Ministry of War accounted for the majority, and the archives of the Tianqi (1621-1627) and Chongzhen (1628-1644) dynasties accounted for the overwhelming majority. Some of them involved the five-year grassland war in Chongzhen.

The types of documents include the manuscript of the Ministry of War, the manuscript of the inscription, the manuscript of the line and the manuscript copied by the military department, the manuscript of the inscription, the manuscript, the Tang newspaper, etc. The original authors of these documents are generally of three kinds: first, the ministers of the Imperial Mission; the second is the Xuanfu, the general of the Great Commonwealth, the local ministers, etc.; The third is to monitor the eunuchs in various places. Among them, the inscriptions and Tang newspapers of the Governor of Xuanda, the Governor of Xuanda, the General Soldier of Xuanda, and the General Soldier of Xuanfu accounted for the majority.

In terms of the structure of an instrument, an instrument often consists of many multi-level instruments. Generally speaking, the lowest level of soldiers, spies, translators, and lower-ranking officials reported the military information they had to their immediate superiors, who then wrote these reports into written materials and reported them to their superiors, and then reported them to the higher levels, and finally to the emperor. Officials at each level are not allowed to paraphrase the contents of the reports of their subordinates when writing their reports, but must transcribe them verbatim. If you need to express your own opinions, add the words "according to this" after the content of the subordinate report, and then make comments.

Therefore, as a historical material, the inscription of the Ming Dynasty military department has a strong credibility.

Here are a few excerpts:

According to Shen Tangbao, the governor of Xuanfu, "On the fifth day of February in the fourth year of Chongzhen, according to the mouth of the Wu Dao Erji, the commander of Xuanzhen and the border of the Dushi, there were more than 1,000 men and women who came to vote for the prince."

-- The record of such a large-scale exodus of the Mongols from Aixin and their conversion to Chahar is not found in the Manchu literature of the Qing Dynasty.

The draft was issued on February 20 of the fifth year of Chongzhen of the Ministry of War. According to Xuanzhen's surveillance of Wang Kun, and according to Yin Laichunyu, the garrison of Fuyi, "Tian Zaisheng and others said that the prince would come to Zhangjiakou from the outer edge of the monolith to ask for rewards." …… According to Wu Junyu of the Chinese army, during the visit, the Yiren Tehatnai Zaisheng said that he received a reward of rice and grain, fed the horses and trained the soldiers in the camp, and only robbed everywhere in February and March. On February 15 of this year, according to Wu Junyu, Ding Zhaofeng, the original messenger and the other reporters, reported that during the visit, the chief of the plug had transferred the elite and strong people and good horses from all over the place to the east, and he did not know where to grab sooner or later. On the 16th of this month, according to the report of Huang Zhongyu, the garrison of Zhangjiakou Fort, on the 14th of this month, the Yi people begged for a secret and said that the chieftain sent 20 Yi people to each outpost to do evil in the southern dynasty. ”

According to the question of the eunuch who monitored Xuanzhen and the report of Huang Zhong, the garrison of Zhangjiakou Fort, on February 26, "On this day, according to Chen Yao, the chief whistle of Zhimen, the prince of the chief of the army got up from the newly repaired warehouse outside the border and went to the north at the end of this day, and transferred the goods in the city circle to sell and people from the border and other reasons to report to the ministers. ”

On March 20 of the fifth year of Chongzhen of the Ministry of War, according to the question of Wang Kun, the eunuch of Xuanzhen, Dong Jishu, the chief military officer of Xuanfu, reported the surrender of the Yi, "The trial found that the name of the goose feather rabbit, originally from Liaoyang, was eight years old, and was robbed by a family of five of the parents of the Dazi of the Hara Han family. The stepmother went to the grassland and gave birth to the summoning rabbit, which has been more than 40 years now. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, he was robbed by the two brothers of the Han generals, and was divided with the leader in the fight of Han Zaisheng, and lived in the place name of Chashu Tai for five years, and he was excessive. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Prince Jianhan'er led the people to Hao'er to fight at home, and returned in October this year. Now I heard that Hao'er took advantage of three or four Yi people to join the Han prince, and reported that Hao'er and Gurban's dumb Ha family were going east to join forces with the slave chieftain to kill the chieftain. Today, the chieftain is afraid that each family will meet the crowd, and on February 234 of the fifth year of Chongzhen, he will have about 20,000 or 30,000 silver rice, and give a reward to the Yi people, with a reward of 23 taels, a reward of 120 taels, and a reward of rice and noodles. ”

-- Lin Dan Khan personally went to the border of Zhangjiakou on 21 February, and on 26 February, Lin Dan Khan suddenly left Mingbian and headed north.

According to the confession of the capitulated goose-feathered rabbit, Korqin (= Hao'er) and Aru-Mongol (= Gurban) were to unite with the Manchurians and conquer Chahar. Lin Dan Khan was "afraid that the families would join forces", and on the 23rd and 4th, he distributed the rewards to his subordinates, and hurriedly left Mingbian to prepare to meet the enemy.

It can be seen that what is said in the Manchu history books: Lin Dan Khan fled west in a hurry immediately after learning the news in April is completely wrong.