Chapter 972: Changes in the Prairie
Time flies quickly, and it is the end of the month in a blink of an eye.
The prestige of the Jiangning battalion has been widely spread in the grassland, and the Jiangning battalion is considered by the grassland tribe to be a divine soldier, not a grassland tribe can defeat, that is, at this time, a series of achievements made by the Jiangning battalion began to spread among the grassland tribes, including the Jiangning battalion exterminated the rogue who plundered the Ming Dynasty, and the full eight banners did not dare to enter the pass, the Jiangning battalion took the Dalinghe City, and even exterminated the Zhenghong Banner, captured the Prince of Li Daishan, and occupied the vast places of Fuzhou and Xuanzhou, these outstanding achievements, began to have an extraordinary impact among the steppe tribes.
Su Tiancheng ordered the army, temporarily stopped the attack, evacuated the station of the Horqin tribe, and returned to the Hetao grassland.
The Xibe and Daur tribes had already begun to rebuild their homes, and as the army returned to its former station, more joy brought to the families of the tribal sergeants, somewhat diluting the sorrow of the loss of their loved ones.
At this time, even the Horqin tribe, which is the largest and most powerful in the grassland, does not dare to covet the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, because behind the two tribes is the powerful Jiangning camp and the powerful Ming Dynasty.
Returning to the Hetao grassland, Su Tiancheng could not be idle, he needed to arrange a lot of things, leave the grassland, and participate in the battle to conquer Taiwan, that battle was more important.
The Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe cannot all be concentrated in the Hetao grassland, there must be a tribe to move out of the grassland, from the perspective of the future of development, the tribe that moves out of the Lu, the prospect of development must be greater, the original Chahar tribe station, is the new station of the tribe that moved out of the Hetao grassland, the grassland here is very good, the area is vast. Very favorable for the development of the tribe.
Su Tiancheng's opinion allowed the Xibe tribe to move out of the Hetao grassland and develop in the original Chahar tribe's station, the Chahar tribe suffered a devastating blow, but the tribe still has a lot of old and weak women and children, and these people can be absorbed by the Xibe tribe. Strengthen the strength of the Xibe tribe and lay a good foundation for dominating the grassland in the future.
From the perspective of combat ability, the Xibe tribe is still brave and tenacious, this may be the leader of the tribe Mo Si has unusual ambitions, and the injured Mo Si has long woken up.
Su Tiancheng and Mo Si exchanged views, Mo Si completely agreed, just returned to the Xibe tribe station, Mo Si asked the tribal officers to start organizing the relocation.
Early February. The Xibe tribe began a large-scale relocation.
In this expedition, the losses of the Xibe tribe were still somewhat heavy, and more than 10,000 soldiers were killed, including the 4,000 remaining sergeants who were annihilated by Haoge, but such losses are nothing compared with the results of the victory, and they have been tempered by several major battles. The sergeants of the Xibe tribe have become even stronger.
Despite the losses, the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe returned to the Hetao steppe. Under the auspices of Su Tiancheng, the scale began to expand, and the two tribes were divided into left and right wings, just like the Horqin tribe, setting up the left wing front, middle and rear banners, and the right wing front, middle and rear banners. The stations of each flag are not the same.
Because the Xibe tribe has relocated, the Daur tribe occupies the entire Hetao steppe, and there is enough space.
Being able to set up the left and right wings is a qualitative shift in the once unknown Xibe and Daur tribes. It has become a big tribe of the grassland, and it is qualified to dominate the entire grassland.
The situation in the steppe began to change quietly.
The original relocation of the Jungger tribe began to move back, the Jiangning battalion soldiers are still on the grassland, can it be said that the Jungger tribe wants to be annihilated, the meaning of this, of course, the rest of the tribes are clear, that is, the Jungger tribe is ready to submit to the Ming court.
This situation soon became a reality, and the Dzungar tribe expressed their willingness to submit to the Ming Dynasty, to obey the management of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, and to defend the border for the Ming court.
In the past, there were many small tribes, subjugated to the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, these tribes, in the steppe did not have much fame, some tribes annexed, in order to be able to get benefits, for example, to be able to trade in the market, some tribes were annexed, in order not to suffer blows, or to have a place to survive, speaking of which, there are not many tribes that are really attached, but after this war, the situation has completely changed, and the tribes that were originally attached to it are completely surrendered this time, When the Xibe tribe began to relocate, the attached tribes followed suit.
This effect soon began to spread in the grasslands.
If such a situation had occurred before, the Horqin tribe would have stood up a long time ago, behind the Horqin tribe is the Qing Kingdom, the grassland tribe did not dare to offend the Qing Dynasty, afraid of encountering encirclement and suppression, but now the situation is different, the Emperor Taiji of the Great Qing State sent the Prince of Li Daishan and Prince Yu Haoge to lead the army, specifically to deal with the Jiangning battalion, unfortunately in a large-scale battle, the Great Qing Kingdom was defeated, and the Horqin tribe suffered heavy losses.
As the Jungar tribe took refuge in the Xibe tribe, more small tribes began to take refuge in the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, and the whole steppe fell silent.
The sixteen big tribes of the grassland, except for the exterminated Chahar tribe, that is, the Jungar tribe took refuge in the Xibe tribe, and the rest of the tribes still supported the Qing Dynasty on the surface, but unfortunately this so-called support is not a monolith, the grassland tribe took refuge in the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, in fact, it was submitted to the Ming court, as the grassland tribe that submitted to the Qing Dynasty, saw such a situation, did not express opposition, no tribe dared to stand up, although the Horqin tribe expressed opposition, It is a pity that this opposition has not been taken seriously, which also shows that the influence of the Horqin tribe has begun to decrease.
Such a change in the steppe, a month ago, such a situation was incredible.
After winning the victory of the grassland conquest, Qu Qingze would not give up such a good opportunity, he began to plant an intelligence network on the grassland, although it was a little difficult, but with the influence of the Jiangning battalion, this kind of intelligence network was successfully built, and the main backbone was many businessmen, including some officers in the tribe.
There are too many advantages to setting up an intelligence network on the grassland, the grassland tribes have close ties with the Houjin Tartars, and the information of the Houjin Tartars obtained from here can ensure high accuracy, and at the same time, it can also monitor the situation of the grassland tribes, and the Jiangning battalion cannot be stationed in the grassland for a long time, and many times, it is still necessary to rely on intelligence to grasp the situation.
Su Tiancheng thought more far-reaching, the Jiangning battalion soldiers, at most June will be evacuated from the grassland, the future grassland, focus on relying on the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe to manage, the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, is absolutely subordinate to the Ming court, they once again saw the power of the Jiangning camp, even if someone continues to provoke, they will never think of betraying the Ming court, but the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, need to tell the other tribes of the grassland that they must submit to the Ming court, otherwise the fate of the Chahar tribe, is the fate of these tribes in the future.
Tong Cha, the leader of the Daur tribe, is honest and responsible, Su Tiancheng does not have to worry, the Daur tribe is stationed in the Hetao grassland, which is close to Ningxia, not far from Anningbao and Jingbian, which is also conducive to the development of the tribe.
As for Mo Si, he has a lot of ambition, Su Tiancheng did not reprimand Mo Si for this ambition, it is precisely because Mo Si has unusual ambitions that he can promote the Xibe tribe to continue to become stronger, and the future conquest on the grassland will focus on relying on Mo Si and the Xibe tribe, and the Daur tribe will assist when necessary.
It is precisely because of this consideration that Su Tiancheng specially talked to Mo Si, and this time in the conversation, Su Tiancheng was very serious, and the words that he had not said before were unceremoniously said.
Su Tiancheng told Mo Si that Jia Jihan's problem is a matter of principle, and the reason why he did not pursue it was because the war was imminent, but Mo Si had such a problem, and he must be highly vigilant, and he must pay attention in the future, there is not much of a problem with ambition, and it is terrible to lose the bottom line of principle.
Su Tiancheng's words made Mo Si, who was still lying on the bed recuperating from his injuries, have big droplets of sweat on his head, and he couldn't speak.
Su Tiancheng then told Mo Si that let the Xibe tribe go to the original Chahar tribe station to develop, that is, to let Mo Si take important responsibility, after two major battles, the Chahar tribe was exterminated, the Horqin tribe suffered a heavy blow, the situation in the grassland, will definitely change, at this time, the Xibe tribe must seize the opportunity, to develop rapidly, to absorb as many tribes as possible to take refuge, as many tribes as possible to unite the tribes of the grassland, with the fastest speed, to strengthen the Xibe tribe.
Su Tiancheng especially warned Mo Si that conquering the grassland and becoming the overlord of the grassland does not necessarily depend on force.
In the course of these two expeditions, Su Tiancheng insisted on not attacking the old and weak women and children, not killing the opponents who laid down their arms, and would rather have greater losses.
Mo Si's words to Su Tiancheng were firmly in his heart, Su Tiancheng supported him to become the overlord of the grassland, and supported the Xibe tribe to become the largest tribe in the grassland, which Mo Si did not expect, he was almost bewitched by Jia Jihan, if it weren't for Su Tiancheng's generosity, he wouldn't know what the ending would be.
(The network is very bad, and I don't know what's wrong with the road, it was very difficult to upload yesterday, and I saw the stitches, and it was finally uploaded.) (To be continued......)