Chapter Seventy-Five: The Final War, the Death of Yaozhou (10)
Etok, Mongolian, translated into Chinese as tribe, frontier city, cantonment camp. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info It is the basic social unit of the integration of military and political in the middle and late stages of northern Mongolia in the Ming Dynasty.
Previously, although Lin Dan Khan's Etok Naiman Department and Ao Han Department were forced by Lin Dan Khan's suspicion to take refuge in the Later Jin Emperor Taiji, and then Lin Dan Khan moved westward, and the remaining Etok Dorot Department was absorbed by the Huang Taiji of the Western Expedition, and only five of the eight Etoks survived.
However, with the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen in the second year of the 'Ji Si Change', which is called the Ming Dynasty Revival War, the situation changed suddenly, the Houjin army was defeated, internal turmoil, Lin Dan Khan integrated the Mongolian right-wing forces, together with the previous Chahar five Etok, sent tens of thousands of elite soldiers, but recaptured the place in one fell swoop.
Moved back to the royal city of Chahanhot, and integrated the old Chahar departments scattered before, and reorganized the eight Etoks, which were also the ministers of the eight Etoks here.
At this time, it was said that Lin Dan Khan consulted everyone's opinions, but Alak Zhuote Etok Emu got up and took the lead.
"Great Khan, now that the Houjin power is weakening, it is the best time for my Mongolian sons to take revenge, since the Ming Emperor invited, why shouldn't the Great Khan accept it and ask for it together!"
Since the fight brought Mongolia back, Ebony's status has risen, especially after Lin Dan Khan joined forces with the Ming army to recapture the Khan city of Chahanhot, but he has become more and more trusted by Lin Dan Khan.
The Alakzhuot Department was valued by Lin Dan Khan, the lord of Chahar, which naturally caused dissatisfaction and jealousy among the other tribes, so as soon as the ebony words landed here, one person immediately got up.
This person is none other than Keshketeng Otok.
Keshiketeng Otok is the heir of the sixth son of the Golden Family Dayan Khan, and is also a close tribe of Lin Dan Khan.
"Great Khan, what Ebony said is wrong, although the strength of Houjin is weak, but it has not hurt the muscles and bones, here the Ming Emperor asked me to Chahar to attack Houjin in Zhenbei Pass, obviously to drive the wolf and devour the tiger, the minister thought it was a big deal!"
"The Great Khan, the minister thought that Keshiketeng Otok was extremely so, and the Great Khan has always been to 'Outside must first be Inside' for my Chahar strategy, these years are mostly with the Korqin Department, the Inner Khalkha Department for the war, and now with the Ming Dynasty agreed to attack Houjin, I'm afraid it's not the time."
The person who spoke was the Sunit Department of Etok, one of the 30,000 households of the Chahar Department belonging to the left wing of the Mongols, led by Dayan Khan, which was divided into two wings, the left and right wings, of which the Sunit Department and the Keshketeng Department belonged to the right wing Chahar, also known as Aru Chahar.
The four right-wing departments often disagreed with the left, and the right-wing Chahar advocated dealing with the internal turmoil in Mongolia first, unifying the Mongolian tribes, and then confronting the Houjin.
The left-wing believed that they should first ally with the Ming Dynasty to jointly fight against the rising Later Jin Jurchen nation, and then deal with the internal affairs of Mongolia.
As for Chahar Lindan Khan, he did not affirm the opinions of the left and right wings, and never denied anyone.
Since Lin Dan Khan inherited the throne, it was not only the Lianming against the Houjin, but also after the setback, the implementation of the policy of seizing the outside and the inside, but since the change of the Ming Dynasty, the foreign strategy implemented by Lin Dan Khan in these years is mainly based on the Lianming against the Houjin.
Of course, the differences between the left and right wings of the Chahar Ministry are what Lin Dan Khan wants to see, and there are checks and balances between the contradictions, and as a person in power, he undoubtedly does not want these situations to occur.
Therefore, in the face of the stalemate between the eight major Etoks under his account, Lin Dan Khan smiled and said.
"Ladies and gentlemen, and be quiet, listen to what Ben Khan said, you are competing for nothing more than the long-term development of my Great Mongolia, my Chahar Department since the Ming Dynasty Emperor Chongzhen two years, sent envoys to form an alliance with it, but the state affairs are thriving, this is obvious to all, so here the Ming Dynasty Emperor asked my Great Mongolian Department to jointly attack the Houjin Zhenbei Pass, but it is also not impossible."
Regarding Lin Dan Khan's words, the left-wing Otoks said yes, and they all praised their Great Khan as an eagle on the steppe and the lord of the revival of the Mongolian tribes.
The joy of the left-wing Mongols had not yet passed, but Lin Dan Khan continued.
"It's just that what Aru Etok said is also true, my Chahar Department is a descendant of gold, and it is the real master of Great Mongolia, but here it is internal and external troubles, although the right-wing Mongolian tribes are forcing me to fight, but its Tumut Department and Ordos Department are secretly harboring ghosts, and the inner and outer Khalkha departments have always been independent, and the Korqin people are the Jin Jurchens after surrendering, within the Khanate, the disputes are so, and the Khan also wants to raise the strength of the whole country, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will hunt on the Zhenbei Pass, but he is powerless!"
Regarding Lin Dan Khan's sudden turn of words, Ebony wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lin Dan Khan waving his hand.
"Everyone, this matter Ben Khan has a plan in his heart, the Ming Emperor about Ben Khan will hunt on the Zhenbei Pass, Ben Khan should have promised, when the domestic strife continues, but it is powerless, but the Ming Emperor has to give face, Uzhumuqin Etuoke, you lead the troops to rectify the army and horses, and soon go to the outside of the Zhenbei Pass, waiting for the Ming army to march together, ebony, here you and the Ming envoys enter the Ming Dynasty together, and express the Khan's heart with the Ming Emperor!"
The temperament of his own Great Khan is self-aware, so although he is a little reluctant in his heart, he is helpless.
"By the way, Great Khan, since the emperor of the Ming Dynasty here agreed that my Great Mongolian Department will act with him, he doesn't know that the Ming Emperor's force on the grassland is unknown."
At this time, after Lin Dan Khan explained everything, there was a person who got up and said, but it was the Kashiketeng Etok.
And the power in his mouth is the army of Cao Bianjiao and Zuo Liangyu sent by Zhu Jian to the grassland, this cavalry from the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty and the Chahar people have been fighting north and south together with the Chahar people over the years, and have been appearing on the front line of the Chahar people against the Korqin Department and the Inner Khalkha, which can be said to have made great contributions to the Chahar Department against the Houjin forces and the hostile forces in Mongolia.
At the same time, such a Ming Dynasty cavalry that was stocked on the grassland by Zhu Jian has reached the scale of 10,000 people, and has become a force that fights on horseback!
"Kashketen you!"
And here, in the face of Keshiketeng Nacao Bianjiao's army and Lin Dan Khan to talk about things, Ebony is a little anxious, first, this army has been fighting with the Chahar Department over the years, which can be described as a high degree of hard work, and second, this Ming cavalry galloping on the Mongolian steppe is also the crystallization of the friendship between the Ming Dynasty and the Chahar Alliance.
What's more, the Ming Emperor entrusted him with this army that day, and he was ebony vividly.
"What am I, Ebony, I said that you are so partial to this group of Ming troops, could it be that you have already betrayed His Majesty the Great Khan?!"
"You, you bloody mouth!"
"Ebony, don't be so excited, the Ming people have a saying, the so-called clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are turbid, since you have no ghosts in your ebony heart, why be so angry."
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For the resurgence of turmoil, Lin Dan Khan frowned slightly, but he understood that the scale had arrived, but it could not be exceeded again, one was the authority of his Lin Dan Khan, and the other was the alliance between Chahar and the Ming Dynasty.
"Okay, General Cao is under the jurisdiction of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that he has also been born and died for my Chahar Department over the years, you should be obvious to all, this matter is here, you all go back, so you can get ready!"