East Asia in the 17th century was a time of war, and through the history books, you can find that from the beginning to the end, there was no year when there was no war.

In the land of China, in the land of the Ming Dynasty, when several forces are fighting each other and want to win a good victory, the thousand-mile prairie in the north is not peaceful.

"Boom, boom, boom"

The sound of horses' hooves like thunder was heard far away on the half-man-high grass, and at this time, if anyone was in the air, they could see that the green grassland below, which was originally endless, was now covered with a black patch, and in the middle of these blacks, there were clouds like mushrooms, which were tents pulled by Lele carts.

In the middle of these tents, in the largest one, several people were drinking and laughing.

"The great Halbat Khan, this time taking advantage of the good opportunity for the Manchu Qing to transfer all the main forces back to the country, we took the opportunity to attack the land of the rich Hetao, it is really a wonderful good idea, now, the Ming court has completely declined, I heard that their emperor was beaten by a group of slaves to hide in the capital and dare not come out, now the land of the Hetao, there is no so-called soldier defense, in this case, our Tumut Department, as long as we can get here, then within ten years, we will be able to regain the strength of the past, by that time, The Manchus brought us shame, and we must repay it double. In the tent, an old man with a face full of flattery said.

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he heard someone next to him echo and said, "Yes, Uncle Bagen is right, these traitors colluded with the Manchus in Horqin back then, and when Lin Dan Khan and our Tumut Department were attacking Chahar, they took advantage of the situation to enter, thus causing us heavy losses, Lin Dan Khan's soldiers were defeated and died, and our Tumut Department had to surrender to them, and now, our opportunity has finally come, the original fierce and treacherous Huang Taiji has died, and now the so-called regent Dolgon is simply a straw bale, Actually withdrew all their elite soldiers on the grassland, such a good opportunity, how can we give up, if we can take advantage of the present, in one fell swoop, the land of the Hetao in our hands, then it will not be too far from the glorious moment of our Tumut Division. ”

From the conversations of these people, it is not difficult to hear that they are from the Tumut Department, and this time they led a large army to the south, in order to take advantage of the civil strife of the Ming Dynasty to capture the Hetao, so as to serve as the foundation for their recuperation.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Tumut tribe, the Korqin tribe, and the Chahar tribe, which were separated from the Tatar part of the Ming Dynasty, can be regarded as the three most powerful tribes on the grassland.

Among them, the Chahar Department occupied a place in present-day Qinghai, Gansu and Tibet, while Horqin was located in the grassland at the junction of present-day Inner Mongolia and Northeast China, and the vast Mongolian grassland centered on the Naturalization City, which is now the Hohhot region, belonged to the Tumut Department.

And the Tumut Department was also very glorious with hundreds of thousands of people, but it was like a flash in the pan, and the Tumut Department soon split because of the internal power struggle, and the originally powerful Tumut Department was divided into two, divided into east and west.

And this is just the beginning, first migrated to the eastern Tumut Division, in the face of the increasingly powerful Manchu Qing, so that the whole clan surrendered, but in the face of the powerful Eastern Tumut Division, the Manchus were very jealous, and designed to kill their original tribal leader, and the entire Eastern Tumut Department was incorporated into the Mongolian Eight Banners, and since then, the Eastern Tumut Department has been removed.

And has been staying in the city of naturalization of the West Tumut Department, not long after, because of the United Lin Dan Khan against the Manchu Qing, so that after Lin Dan Khan was defeated, completely conquered by the Manchu Qing, although still nominally retained the name of the Tumut Department, but all the troops are divided into two banners, left and right, there are a number of small tribes below, all under the leadership of the Manchu Qing, when fighting, draw Ding into battle, when idle, grazing horses, the original a whole Tumut Department, artificially divided into a number of parts.

Originally, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty had been so strong, the Tumut Department was helpless, but not long ago, when the emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, after the death of Huang Taiji, the regent Dolgon, who had just taken power, slowly withdrew his focus from the Mongolian steppe to the country.

Perhaps in Dolgon's heart, he had long lost his guard against the seemingly honest Mongols.

And it was at this time that the Tumut tribesmen, who had long been dissatisfied in their hearts, saw hope to get rid of the Manchus and rise again, showing the majesty of the Tumut tribe.

Then, under the leadership of the current patriarch Halbat, the Tumut tribe, which had 160,000 tribes and 50,000 strong warriors, strangled the hundreds of Manchu Eight Banner Army in one fell swoop, and then resolutely went south to the Hetao.

Historically, this Hetao land is the place where the Han people compete with other races, no matter who holds the Hetao Plain, then it has the prerequisites for the rise of hegemony, the abundant water source on the Hetao Plain, not only makes the water and grass abundant there, the land is fertile, and more importantly, it is also a natural horse grazing place, so to speak, with the Hetao, you can cultivate countless excellent horses, as an important strategic resource in the era of cold weapons, Horses are always the most lacking.

Of course, the Tumuts are not stupid, nor are they rash acts, before going south, they have already explored, the current Hetao area, there is no longer the strong Ming army in the past, except for some local armed forces, there is no effective force at all, so, Halbat and others think that with the 50,000 elites in their hands, it is easy to take the Hetao.

In the big tent, when everyone was drinking and eating meat with a smile on their faces, they heard a crisp voice next to them whispering, "Lord Abu, do you really think that we can successfully capture the land of the Hetao, you know, although the Ming Dynasty has completely declined, but listen to the merchants who came from the Guannei, where is there now a more powerful force than the Ming Dynasty, and it is precisely because of this force that the Ming Dynasty is in the current crisis, if we go south this time and encounter this force, What are we going to do. ”

Hearing this crisp voice, the eyes of all the people in the big tent focused on Halbat's side, the one who was wearing a white dress, wearing exquisite gold ornaments on his head, round and shining eyes like the moon in the sky, and a delicate face, like a fairy in the world, except that the skin was the unique wheat color of the children of the grassland, it could be said that this was a beautiful pearl of the grassland.

Her name is Has-Erdun, which means Baoyu, she is just sixteen years old this year, as the only daughter of Halbat, and she is also a famous beauty on the grassland, even the regent of the Manchu Dynasty, Dolgon, wants to accept her as a side blessing, but Halbat, who is usually obedient to the Manchu Dynasty, has disobeyed Dolgon's orders several times for her, so it is not difficult to see her status in Halbat's heart.

Hearing these words coming out of the mouth of Has-Erdun, the other leaders of the Tumut tribe who originally wanted to open their mouths to reprimand couldn't help but close their mouths, only Halbat opened his mouth and reprimanded lightly, "Don't talk nonsense, this plan is a decision made by Abu and the elders after countless discussions, besides, before going south, we have already seriously investigated, the force that defeated the Ming Dynasty, although it is very powerful now, but he did not pay attention to the land of the Hetao, but immediately prepared to lead troops to attack the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, In this way, we will have enough time to occupy the Loop, and by the time he comes to his senses, the whole Loop will already belong to our Tumuts, and at that time, it will not be so easy for him to come and take it. ”

Hearing Halbat's words, Has-Erdun did not laugh, and still had a worried look on her face, although she believed in Abu's words, she had been very fond of Han culture since she was a child, and she had learned a lot of Han culture, and she knew deeply that the big country with rich knowledge, exquisite silk, porcelain and such exquisite things was not so easy to deal with, but she couldn't say this, and could only silently pray for the blessing of Changsheng in her heart.

Seeing the sorrow on his daughter's face, Halbat's heart was not very good, for this only daughter, he was very precious, so he said to a young man beside him, "Gegen, you take Has-Erdun out for a walk, she is bored here, and in terms of time, she will be bored." ”

Hearing his words, the sturdy young man beside him suddenly agreed loudly, and the unhappy Has-Erdun also wanted to go out to see the blue sky and green grass, so he also nodded and walked out, as soon as she walked out of the door of the big tent, she saw the wide grassland and the boundless blue sky, and her heart suddenly relaxed.

When Haas Erdun went out, the whole tent suddenly returned to its original atmosphere, and just as they were about to discuss something, they suddenly heard a voice from outside the tent.

As Halbat gave the order, a soldier walked in quickly, and at the same time shouted loudly, "Tell the great Halbat Khan, our spies have found a tribe not far ahead, probably less than 50,000 people, and ask the Great Khan to show how to deal with it." ”

At the same time that Halbat got the news, in the big tent of the Su Anhui Ministry dozens of miles away, Sange, who was at ease, also got the news from the soldiers.

Ask for collections, ask for recommendations, in the blink of an eye, the wood has been written for 300,000, and I admire myself a little.