Chapter 311: Money and Grain for Mongolian Cavalry
"It's better than being chased by the Jurchens so embarrassed now, Father Khan, make up your mind, only by alliing with the Han people can we reoccupy the grassland!"
At least at this moment, Ezhe is still ambitious, or rather, the blood of the golden family is flowing, so that this vein is not willing to live in the hearts of the people, even in history, he took over the position of the Great Khan of Mongolia, surrendered to the Manchus, and was named the Prince of Chahar, he is still unwilling, and his descendants are still rising up to resist the rule of the Manchus forty years later. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Great Khan, please make a decision, our Chahar Department has fallen to today, do we really have to hide for the rest of our lives?"
In this camp, almost no one has a good impression of the Jurchens, originally they were all living well on the Chahar grassland, but they were continuously conscripted by the Houjin, and had to retreat to the Hetao, and now the Houjin soldiers are not relentless to catch up, and want to take their lives, which of course can't be endured.
The 30,000 households on the right flank, seeing that there was a chance to turn defeat into victory, immediately exported support, and his opening represented the attitude of those Chahar tribes who followed Lin Dan Khan all the way to retreat here.
But Huluk was silent, they, the Hetao tribe, must fight to the death with the Jurchen tribe of Huangtaiji, as long as the current grassland can be preserved, their tribe can survive safely.
But if Lin Dan Khan insisted on going east to fight to the death with Huang Taiji, they could only fight hard, because now the eight divisions of the left wing were basically subdued by Lin Dan Khan, and if they did not send troops, the only result would be to be exterminated by Lin Dan Khan, who still occupied a dominant position.
"Then summon the envoy of the Han people to come in and see what he has to say."
Lin Dan Khan was also dissatisfied in his heart, he had almost the hope of unifying the Mongolian tribes, in his heyday, the entire Monan was his territory, but since the rise of the Jurchens, especially Nurhachi, he has won over the Mongol tribes in Monan several times, and seized his hegemony through a series of wars, which made him ashamed and hated it.
But what kind of virtue is the Ming court, he also knows, to put it bluntly, the two sides are willing to join forces temporarily because they have a common enemy at the moment.
"Lin Chengzu, a senator under Li Jing, the general of the Ming Empire's expedition to the west, has seen the Great Khan of the Mongolian Chahar."
As a representative of the beggar army, Lin Chengzu's task this time is not light, but he is not a timid person, when he faced the Mongolian Khan in the Mongolian tent, his face still did not change, he smiled slightly, and saluted calmly.
Even Ezhe, who is deeply wary of the Han people, has to admit that there are also outstanding people among the Han people.
It's not easy to do this, just talking about the coercion of more than 100 people outside the tent, ordinary people see it, and their legs are weak, not to mention it's so ordinary.
"Oh? Is your general Zhengxi here on behalf of the Han court, or on behalf of himself? ”
Lin Dan Khan recalled that last winter, the person who came out of Yulin and transported 20,000 stone of grain to him was also named Li Jing.
This must be a repetition of the old trick, asking for your own help?
Lin Chengzu has a virtuous name since he was a child, he is not in a hurry, and the clan has praised him for having the style of a general, but he has no choice but to take the imperial examination, he really lacks the necessary talent, and now he is just a person, but in the beggar army, it is rare to see a person, plus he can speak well, and it is an ordinary thing to draw inferences, so he was specially sent to this errand to envoy to the Mongolian Alliance.
Listening to Lin Danhan's inquiry at this moment, he smiled confidently, "My general, the representative is naturally 300,000 soldiers of my beggar army and 5 million soldiers and civilians in Shaanxi, as for the imperial court, what do you have to do with me?" ”
"Oh? Since your army has 300,000 people, why do you come to my father Khan?! ”
Abnai could not bear it any longer, and he wanted to be the master of the matter, so he had someone come in and cut off his tongue and cut off his feet and send him back.
"My lord started in Shanxi, supported 100,000 troops that day, and then the place was calm, entered Shaanxi, broke millions of thieves, and won 5 million people in Qin, competing to support them, and the local soldiers and civilians were all looking forward to recovering 200,000 elite people on the three sides of Qindi, how could he boast."
Lin Chengzu shook his head with a smile, as if he disdained him, and then looked at Lin Danhan and the other Mongolians in the tent, and said with a smile.
These words are not false, because the eight parts of the Mongolian Hetao are just outside the three-sided pass, and they know in their hearts how many elites there are on the three sides, at least last winter, although they took advantage, but after all, the loss is not small, and now Li Jing occupies the land of Qin and Jin, listening to him say this, 300,000 soldiers and horses are really not much.
"Dare to ask your envoy, why do you think of my father Khan?"
has strength, you can be treated preferentially anywhere, at least his words that the beggar army has an army of 300,000 made Ezhe accept it, but he still didn't feel at ease in his heart, after all, there was such a behemoth in the neighborhood, and no one was at peace in his heart, and there had been conflicts between the two sides before.
As soon as Lin Dan Khan heard this, he immediately listened to it, and he also wanted to know what the powerful faction in the southern Han court had recently risen to think of him, as for the Ming Dynasty, he had no idea about it, since he killed the envoy he sent, he and the Ming Dynasty had a hostile relationship.
"My lord said: Brotherly alliance!"
Lin Cheng's ancestor said in a loud voice, and then went out of his arms with an account book, held it high and said, "Since it is for the good of my brothers, I will conquer the general of the West and send it to the Han Dynasty with 30,000 stones of grain, 10,000 catties of pig iron, 30,000 catties of salt, and 1,000 taels of gold, and I am willing to make an alliance." ”
"Hiss~"
The Mongolian nobles in the big tent, when they heard this, immediately gasped, you know, this year, the Chahar Department is not only short of food, but also lacks salt and iron, not to mention a thousand taels of gold, this thing, everyone likes it!
"Really?"
This time, even Lin Dan Khan himself couldn't sit still, when the grain arrived, it would be able to quickly stabilize the military spirit that fled from the west of the naturalized city, and with the food, it would be possible to let the eight departments of Hetao work together, and it may not be possible to fight with Huang Taiji at that time.
"Really! Not only that, but my lord said in advance, if the Great Khan is willing to attack Huangtaiji with an alliance, he is willing to give the Great Khan 20,000 stone of grain and grass, 10,000 catties of salt, 1,000 taels of gold, and 5,000 catties of pig iron every year. ”
This is pure nonsense, how could Li Jing do such a good thing, he wished that after defeating Huang Taiji, he would easily wipe out the Chahar Department, but who let the strength be weak, he could only appease the Mongolian tribes for the time being, and the most unfortunate was not to let them go to Houjin.
And these things, the first two years must be given, but the follow-up, it depends on the strength to speak, if the Houjin is gone, then the next target of the beggar army is bound to be Lin Dan Khan, who occupies the Hetao and Chahar.
But at the moment, both sides need each other's help, although Li Jing's war horses are constantly purchased and exchanged, there are more than 10,000 horses at the moment, but the skilled cavalry can only be supplemented by appeasing the Mongolian tribes that have been brought together.
But this is too slow, more than half a year, through the appeasement of scattered Mongolian single household registration, only less than three or four hundred Mongolian men have been gathered, and through the two Mongolian tribes outside the old camp fort, but at once more than 1,000 people have been obtained, through this more than 1,000 people to lay the foundation, continue to train the new recruits of the cavalry town, to this day finally have a little shelf.
According to Liang Sijiu, it can barely be used as an infantry on horseback, but compared with the Mongolian cavalry, it may not be possible to beat one of the three, but fortunately, the new-style horse pistol has been included in the ranks, and it is used as a dragoon with a longer range than bows and arrows, and it is okay, at least the mobility is much higher, plus the Mongolian cavalry of more than 2,000 people, the basic combat effectiveness is still formed.
As long as Li Jing keeps holding on to the families of these Mongolian cavalrymen, treats them well, and keeps running out of food every month, then these cavalrymen will always follow and fight for him, without worrying about loyalty.
Therefore, another purpose of Lin Chengzu's envoy this time was to find Lin Dan Khan to change people and horses, which were all needed by Li Jing.
"Tell me about your conditions."
Lin Dan Khan is really tempted, once these things are in his hands, it will be enough for him to establish a stable rule in the eight parts of the Hetao, and it is also long-term, relying on these horses, he may not be able to take advantage of Huang Taiji to fight with the Ming army in Liaodong, and go east to attack other Mongolian tribes, so as to achieve the goal of weakening Mo Nan's close to the Jurchen tribe, and recapture the Chahar grassland step by step.
But he also knows that there is no free lunch in the world, these things, although they look tempting, but he doesn't know Li Jing's conditions.
"Great Khan, my lord has only one condition, buy 5,000 horses at market price every year, at the same time, this year Huang Taiji entered the Kou Xuan Mansion and plundered the Ming Dynasty, as a courtier of the Ming Empire, he must have a fight with Huang Taiji in Shanxi, but under my lord's command, there is a lack of cavalry that can be used, so I ask the Great Khan to allocate 3,000 cavalry, and their families."
There are some things that don't need to be said thoroughly, if Li Jing is defeated in Shanxi, Lin Dan Khan will naturally continue to be his shrinking turtle, but if Li Jing wins in Shanxi and Huang Taiji escapes in a hurry, then Lin Dan Khan doesn't mind sending troops to beat the water dogs.
But three thousand Mongolian tribes, still let him be discouraged, on the Mongolian steppe, whoever has more tribes, who has more warriors, this is the foundation of life, Lin Dan Khan is not stupid, as soon as he heard this, he immediately wanted to refuse, but Ezhe rushed up before him, and said softly,
"Father Khan, in the eight tribes of the Hetao, there are many leaders who are dissatisfied with Father Khan, why not take this opportunity this time to attack some tribes who are not satisfied with us, rob their population and materials, just save the pasture for us to graze in the Han Department, the excess population and tribes, just give it to him, anyway, he didn't ask which tribe it was."
When Lin Danhan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up...... (To be continued.) )