This is an army that has never lost a battle, an army with good discipline and high morale. An army commanded by talented military generals, an army far superior to its contemporaries in terms of equipment and tactics.

In the coastal corridor of western Liaoning, they directly abandoned half of the land in western Liaoning, which had been regarded as the core strategic place of the Ming Dynasty for several generations, from Guangning to Daling River, from Daling River to Yizhou and Jinzhou, and then to Songshan, Xingshan, and Tashan, hundreds of miles of land were abandoned.

The people were withdrawn, the troops were withdrawn, the supplies were taken away, the houses in the cities and villages were burned, and the wells were filled.

In Yanshan, north of the Great Wall, hundreds of miles long along the border, groups of Ming troops went out in all directions, and within 100 miles, the tribal villages of the Mongols were swept away.

Wolf smoke is everywhere, and iron hooves are horizontal.

"Emperor Daming decreed that all Mongolian tribes and people within a hundred miles north of the Ming border should move into the Great Wall."

Many of the well-equipped officers and soldiers of the Chu army have had the experience of demolition and relocation in Liaodong, and they are still very skilled at this time. They had more men and horses and weaker opponents than when they were in Liaodong.

In the face of those large and small Mongolian tribes, the Chu army pursued the attitude of saluting and returning soldiers.

"Come with us, when you arrive in Daming, His Majesty the Emperor will arrange work for you, give you food and clothing, you will not be cold and hungry, you will no longer have to worry about the snow disaster in the winter, and you don't have to worry about not having enough food and clothing!"

"Fellow, we are here to rescue you, don't be afraid, come with us, our warriors will help you move."

"Take away all the cattle, sheep and horses, take away the hay and dried meat, load all the tents and bowls into the car, and we will escort you all the way across the Great Wall."

Yanbei, on the Luan River outside the Great Wall, is a tribal camp of the Karaqin tribe.

This camp has about a thousand tents, and it is also a large tribe of the nearby Baili. But nested after a winter. The warriors of the tribe were emaciated, and the horses were even thinner.

The Ming army suddenly killed them and caught them off guard.

The Karaqin tribe had already submitted to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and when they saw the Ming army appear, they hurriedly put on their armor and led their horses, but as soon as they rushed out of the camp, they were greeted with bursts of lead bullets, and the warriors fell in an instant.

The Ming army was surrounded on all sides and advanced with a volley of guns, interspersed with cavalry artillery and mountain grenades. Soon they were cornered.

This tribe was under the command of one of the three banners of Kelaqin, the Central Banner, Zasak, who was appointed by the Qing Emperor, and the Three Banners of Karaqin and Tumut were all under the command of the Zhuosuotu League.

The alliance flag system was also established after the Qing conquest of Menggu, and the Zasak and the ranks were Khan, Prince, County King, Beile, Beizi, etc., all of which were canonized by the imperial court and controlled by the local ministers or counselors. Zasak was canonized by the imperial court, and they all had titles, which could generally be hereditary. Called "Wangye".

However, in Mongolia, the prince walks everywhere, and Taiji is as much as a dog.

This tribe of more than 1,000 tents is only a tribe under the Karaqin Central Banner. But there is also a fourth-class title of Tabu Bag, and Taijitai, only the second rank of the auxiliary prince.

It is definitely better to be a hereditary Tabu bag than to move to the Ming Kingdom. Although they used to fight for the Ming Kingdom. Make a deal with the Ming State and pay tribute.

"General, we are used to living here, this is a pasture that has been passed down from generation to generation. We didn't want to leave. ”

"We're here to invite you." One of the standard commanders of the Chu army said politely.

"Thank you for the kindness of the general, we really don't want to move."

"Then we didn't run for nothing." Biao Tong rode on his horse, playing with his handcuffs.

The tribal leader looked at these Han soldiers riding tall horses, holding iron guns, and carrying sabers, and gritted his teeth, "We are willing to offer a hundred sheep." ”

Biao Tong raised his gun and shot directly at the Tabu bag, who was over half a hundred years old. Although it was more than 20 paces apart, the shot was very accurate, and it directly hit the forehead of the old Tabu bag. The old man fell down in response to the sound and was killed directly.

"Oh, I'm sorry, my handcuff went off the rails." Biao Tong rode on the horse, saying that he was embarrassed, but there was no apology on his face.

"It's a pity that your leader died, or you can elect a new leader, and when I go back, I will report to the court, and I will definitely reward your new leader with an official title."

The Karaqin people hesitated, and as a result, several more Chu soldiers had their guns fired.

Looking at the few dead tribesmen, although the Karaqin people were furious, they finally reluctantly accepted the warm invitation of the Chu army, and began to dismantle the tents under the supervision of the Chu army, pack the carts, bring the few cows and ewes left after the winter, and only a little bit of dried meat, and began to go south.

On the long border hundreds of miles outside the Great Wall of Yanbei, such things are happening everywhere. The Chu army of each town under the banner of the nine-headed bird, with the standard camp as a cluster, swept the various Mongolian tribes around.

The Mongols who will find them warmly invite them to Daming as guests.

Many Mongols were reluctant to be guests, and they were then enthusiastically sent underground by the Chu army to meet their ancestors. The remaining Mongols were finally moved by the hospitality of the Ming army and agreed to be guests.

There were also many Mongols, who had heard about the enthusiasm of the Ming army in advance and did not want to trouble their friends in the Ming Dynasty, so they took their clansmen further north.

March.

The 150,000-strong coalition of Wu Sangui and Haoge did not attack Ningyuan and did not continue to stay in Jinzhou. There's nothing there, and there's no point in staying.

Wu Sangui and Haoge led their troops into the territory of the Mongols, preparing to attack the Great Wall in the Miyun area by taking advantage of the territory, and even going directly to Xuanfu in Shanxi.

The Mongol tribes, who were embarrassed by the hospitality of the Ming army, were overjoyed to see the arrival of the allied army.

They took the initiative to greet the coalition forces, and even slaughtered cattle and sheep to hold a banquet to welcome them.

Unfortunately, the hospitable Mongols soon discovered that they were wrong.

The Qing army and the Liao army that arrived at this time were extremely short of food and grass, and many of Wu Sangui's soldiers had not even eaten for several days.

From the deserted Liaoxi entered the territory of the Mongols, who were eager to replenish their food and grass here.

But in this March season, the Mongols have no extra grain and grass.

Wu Sangui said, I paid for it.

Of course, he doesn't have any money now, and if he does, he won't owe his soldiers' salaries. Wu Sangui thought of a way to write an IOU.

A sheep costs one silver dollar, and a cow costs ten dollars, and even the price of each bundle of grass is very high, quite a fair price. It's a pity that it's all IOUs.

The Mongols are not stupid, real money, at this time they don't want to give them their own rations and forage, not to mention, they still want to use a blank piece of paper to cheat their grain and grass.

The Mongolians rejected Wu Sangui's proposal to buy grain and grass, Wu Shuai, you are too polite, you will suffer a loss if you open such a price, we Mongolians have always been upright, how can we let you suffer, absolutely not, therefore, we still don't sell, you will suffer a loss.

Haoge came forward, Wu Shuai was an atmospheric person, he didn't care about these, it didn't matter if he suffered a loss, everyone would sell a little.

"No, we Mongolians are not like that." The Mongols resolutely did not sell.

Hauge was also helpless, the Mongols were the people of the Manchus, but this people were not their minions.

Wu Sangui was annoyed, and before he could figure out a way, the Liao army under his command couldn't help it. I've been hungry for many days, and I've been marching over the mountains and mountains every day in this cold weather, and now I finally see herds of cattle and sheep, but you still want us to be hungry, how can there be such a thing.

So the Liao army began to rob, and what they saw was robbed. robbed cattle and sheep, held a barbecue party, and some people even grabbed some wine, and after drinking a little more, they couldn't help but have a party with the women of the Mongolian tribe.

It happened, the Mongols were furious, fuck we treat you as our own people, but you want to play with our women, you are still not people?

The upright Mongolian herdsmen were about to start with Wu Sangui when they started to use their knives, but fortunately, Haoge quickly came forward at this time, sold his old face, and finally let the herdsmen agree to wait for Wu Sangui to deal with it personally.

Wu Sangui didn't have a good way, he didn't want to deal with his subordinates, but if he didn't deal with it, the Mongols would have to work with him, and Haoge would have to do it with him.

In the end, Wu Sangui ordered to pull out all the people who took the lead in the robbery that day, especially those who forcibly had a party with the wives and daughters of other Mongolian brothers.

"Chop!"

Wu Sangui slashed his horse with tears, and on that day, the military law disposed of eighteen of his subordinates, beheaded them in front of the whole army, and then showed their heads to the whole army, and finally gave them to the Mongolian brothers as souvenirs.

The Mongols were very dissatisfied with this result, only eighteen people? Fuck at least a hundred of our women have been forcibly partyed, and your Wu Sangui's subordinates are all fucking donkeys, and one person can do more than a dozen?

Haoge also found Wu Sangui, "At this time, you have to show some sincerity." ”

Wu Sangui gritted his teeth to express his sincerity, and he cut more than three hundred.

When the Mongolian brothers heard this, they immediately became angry again, "I fucked him Wu Sangui's eight-generation ancestor, it's so fucking bullying, they not only bully our Mongolian women, but also fucking two together to bully one!" ”

When Wu Sangui heard this, he almost went berserk.

In the end, the two sides persuaded each other, and it took a lot of effort to finally settle the matter.

Wu Sangui didn't have the face to continue to stay in this tribe, so he ordered to open and continue to march.

As a result, along the way, soldiers fled every day. They no longer want to go around hungry all day, and they don't want to be killed by their own marshal.

In just half a month, Wu Sangui's 100,000 troops fled as many as 30,000. Every day when the army was marching, people were fleeing, especially when they camped at night, and they fled in large numbers, and some even fled in groups of dozens or hundreds.

Wu Sangui sent his own family members to supervise, but it was too difficult for thousands of people to supervise 100,000 people. (To be continued.) )