On March 16 of the first year of Chongzhen, Mao Long, the general of the conquest, led 800 cavalry, starting from Qilaotu Mountain, a secret garrison outside the Great Wall, and went straight to the depths of the grassland due north, aiming directly at the former king of the grassland, the royal court of Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department. "Words * love * first * hair.. om "Co*Le*Words*Love*First*Hair" [No pop-up boy]

Today's Mao Long, although he was awarded the title of Pingyuan Uncle and hung the seal of the general, sounds very majestic, but in fact, the number of troops under his command is these 800 people. The backbone of it, naturally, was last year, under his leadership, he went around in a big circle from Mongolia to Liaodong and then to North Korea, burning and looting 500 soldiers along the way. After the New Year, more than 200 recruits were added, and the selection criteria were still the same as last time. However, unlike the previous time, each cavalry was now equipped with two horses, so the march was faster than in the past.

But Mao Long did not march during the day, but sent his "secret weapon": dozens of Mongol men, dressed as Mongolian herdsmen, scattered far away in all directions, first conducting full reconnaissance.

These Mongols are not from this area, but the Ordos troops who were exterminated by Zhu Youzhen the year before last. They worked as coolies in Beijing for more than a year, and now they were selected by Mao Long and returned to the familiar grassland, feeling like a fish in water and elated.

The furry dragon is not afraid of them running away or ventilating the news. This grassland with abundant water and grass was originally the pasture of the Chahar Department, but since Lin Dan Khan was defeated by the Eight Banners Army and had to flee westward, the Duoyan Department took advantage of the situation and became the new owner of this place.

And the Ordos Department has nothing to do with the Chahar Department and the Duoyan Department, and even attacked each other many years ago. This is the case with the Mongols, who unite with the outside world when they invade southward, and when they retreat to Mongolia, they still fight each other for pastures.

When Mao Long recruited these Mongols, he also added fuel to the fire and told them: Originally, I would have punished your Ordos Department today, and I saw that you were still obedient, and I had already planned to let you go back. But now the Ordos grassland has long been occupied by the Chahar Department and the Duoyan Department, and the "big scrotum" of the Duoyan Department has also released words to say that you men in the Ordos Department are all stupid people who have no seeds, and if you dare to go back and grab territory with him, he will kill one by one.

These Mongols were simple-minded and well-limbed, and when they heard it, they were so angry that they were angry. Mao Long took the opportunity to bewitch them, saying that he would take them to the hometown of the Chahar Department and the Duoyan Department to toss around. And promised to grab gold, silver, women and other spoils of war when the time comes, and give priority to the Mongols to choose, not to mention the hearts of these people: as long as they can rob money and women, they don't recognize their six relatives, and they can even do it with their fathers and sons, and brothers, not to mention other tribes!

Mao Long was well acquainted with the terrain of this area, and during the day he took his large group of men and horses to the mounds or depressions to hide, and only let the Mongols go out on horseback to explore the way. In fact, Mao Long is very familiar with the route to Hongshan, and he mainly looks to see if there are any nomadic Duoyan Mongols in front of him to prevent his whereabouts from being exposed.

These Ordos Mongols are also really cunning, once they find that there are Mongolian herdsmen in front, they will warmly come forward to greet them, saying which tribe they belong to, I heard that after the big Tabu people contemptuously returned to the Qing Dynasty, their strength is better than before, and the pastures they have been allocated are good, so they came to defect.

If they encounter groups of herdsmen, they will talk nonsense, find an excuse to slip away, and hurry back to report Mao Long. The dragons marked the location of the herders they encountered, and when they marched at night, they would avoid the area.

If you meet a lonely herdsman, these Ordos people will not be polite. While people are not paying attention, picking up the saber is a random chop. And when they had killed them, they dug a pit and buried them, and scattered the sheep and horses, and brought back only one lamb for a tooth offering. The herdsman mysteriously disappeared in this way, and Mao Long's brigade may not be discovered after several days.

After three nights of rapid marching, Mao Long's ruffian troops approached the Red Mountain unconsciously. In two days, March 21 is the traditional Mongolian festival of the Four Seasons. Because the Mongolian Plateau is colder than the Central Plains, the Central Plains is already sunny in spring, and spring on the steppe has just arrived. From the day of the four seasons, it is officially spring.

Mao Long calculated that Duoyanbu must be here, and he pinched the time, and he must arrive here the day before the fourth season. Because according to Mongolian customs, on the day of the four seasons, you must gather on the bank of the Xilamulun River and sacrifice the milk of ninety-nine white horses to Changshengtian, thanking Changshengtian for letting the grassland grow. Moreover, after a long winter, the forage stored by the Mongols was almost exhausted, and because of the proximity to the water on the banks of the Xilamulun River, the grass grew faster than in other places, and the Duoyanbu would definitely go there to graze.

Sure enough, in the early morning fog, the soldiers had already seen the meandering Xilamulun River ahead. On the south bank of the river, there are just a dozen yurts, large and small, which should be a small tribe in the Duoyan department.

"See?" Mao Long sneered and said, "This group of people came early, and the Duoyan Brigade hasn't arrived yet." Listen to General Ben's general order: the warriors of Ordos are in front, covering the whole army to charge together. The man is not left to kill all of them, the women and the property, whoever grabs it first will be counted as whoever, it depends on whether you have the ability or not. Do it! ”

The soldiers held back for three whole months, during which time they only attacked a small Mongol tribe that was too close to their station, and they grabbed too little booty, especially women, and not enough for Mao Long to enjoy himself. At this time, his eyes were already blue, and as soon as Mao Long gave the order, he launched a charge in a dense formation.

The small tribe of Duoyan on the opposite side didn't expect that this time and place would be raided, and when they saw Mao Long's troops, they thought that their own people were coming, and they walked out of the yurt to greet them. What awaits them is a swift sword, followed by a merciless and bloody massacre!

It's not even a one-sided battle. Duoyan was completely defenseless, and there were too few adult men, and they didn't get on the horse, so they were killed before they even had time for half a meal.

Mao Long tilted his head to admire his subordinates laughing and chasing those frightened women, and said to Zhongjun: "See that pile of broken stones?" Insert a sign on it, which reads: Mao Long, the general of the Ming Dynasty, visited here. ”

"General, this... Isn't our army exposed? The Chinese army was puzzled, "The brothers haven't grabbed enough!" ”

"Do you think General Ben wants to write..."Mao Long said with a wry smile, "Okay, have you grabbed enough?" Ready to set fire! ”

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