In winter, the grasslands are barren, and the sparse and thin pastures stand diagonally on the meadows. The howling cold wind does not blow from the northwest, but blows on people's bodies as if they can freeze into people's bones. The vast meadows are often hundreds of square kilometers uninhabited.

Suddenly, a singing voice came from afar......

Be filial to your son, and be loyal to your ministers.

The imperial court borrowed national debts at the expense of heavy salaries to raise soldiers.

A soldier eats and wears 100 taels, and the six grades of officials are generally the same.

If you don't contribute to the country, heaven, earth, ghosts and gods will not tolerate it.

Since ancient times, there have been many generals, and Hugh has despised himself as a soldier

The loud singing voice fluttered on the ground, a group of troops wearing gray armor came from a distance, the first to come was the cavalry, followed by the infantry, artillery and baggage soldiers, except for the baggage soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, feet with iron mesh boots, the other arms are all wearing strong armor, especially the infantry, the body alone is a full set of closed Gothic armor weighing 30 catties, plus Mini rifles, ammunition bags and water bottles and other equipment, each soldier's weight is at least about 40 catties. Such a weight-bearing march is a great test for the soldier's physique.

The march in full gear was specifically requested by Yue Yang, and Yue Yang believed that it was also a kind of training for the troops. At the beginning, some officers in the army did not understand, and they thought that instead of wasting the soldiers on the march, it was better to let them put their armor on the carts of the baggage camp and wear it in wartime, so as to save their body and allow the soldiers to maintain a certain combat effectiveness.

However, Yueyang expressed clear opposition to such a construction, after all, the army has now been out of the customs. It is equivalent to fighting outside the country, and there will be enemy troops at any time. The enemy won't wait until you're all in armor to attack, and what a brain-dead man it must be to take off your armor and march in a strange place where you could fight at any moment!

The time is now March 4th, and it has been fifteen days since the army came out, and they have already left the pass, and they are only less than a day's journey away from Chifeng, where the Chahar tribe is located.

In the past half a month, Yueyang's headquarters have maintained a daily march of fifty miles, in fact, if it were not for the drag of the baggage battalion and the artillery battalion. Yue Yang thought that it was not impossible to march eighty miles a day, but the army of this era was still incomparable with later generations after all. Yue Yang knew that in later generations, even if our army was an ordinary field army, it could march thirty or forty kilometers on foot every day with a weight of 35 kilograms, and such a high-intensity march was incomparable to the current army.

Looking at the troops who were still high morale, Yue Yang nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the military spirit is available.

"Pimple ......"

There was the sound of horses' hooves. Shun Bao chased after him from behind, rode a horse to his side and said to him: "My lord, now we are less than seventy miles away from the Chahar tribe, and we will definitely be able to rush to the Chahar tribe tomorrow, or let's set up camp first so that the soldiers can rest and rest, right?" ”

Yue Yang looked at the sky, and then at the team. He shook his head, "It's still early, so let's go for two more hours, so let's go for two hours." ”

Shunbao asked a little puzzled: "Young master, do you need to work so hard." What is the difference between being as early as half a day a day. ”

When there is no one else, Shunbao always likes to call Yue Yang as the young master. In Shunbao's view, only in this way can he show his closeness to Yueyang. For Shunbao's habit, Yue Yang did not correct it too much, so he should have acquiesced.

Now, seeing Shunbao's puzzled gaze, Yue Yang patiently explained: "Shunbao, it's not that I don't sympathize with the soldiers, but that I don't treat me at the right time, let's rush to the Chahar tribe one day earlier, and we can give the Chahar tribe the confidence to fight against the Houjin Tartar as soon as possible." After the death of Lin Dan Khan, the Chahar tribe has been working hard for a year, in case we go late to guide the Chahar tribe to fully fall to Huang Taiji, we are very likely to set up a troublesome opponent for ourselves in the future, do you understand? ”

"Yes, understood!" Seeing the solemn look on Yue Yang's face, Shun Bao also nodded solemnly. For Yue Yang's words, he has always been obedient.

It was rare to encounter such an opportunity, Yue Yang's conversation was also hooked, he pointed to the grassland in front of him and said: "Shunbao, this place was completely my Ming Dynasty territory at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and the Mongolians did not dare to approach my Ming border for grazing within a hundred miles." But now, it can't help but be Mongolians, even the Jurchen Tatars can recklessly and repeatedly violate our borders, rob our property, burn our houses, and enslave our people, which is the shame of our generation of soldiers. ”

The more Yue Yang spoke, the more angry he became, and his expression became excited: "But what about us? Unless the officers and soldiers in the interior are holding on to the fortified city, if they see a Tartar in the wild, they must run faster than the other, and such officers and soldiers can no longer be called soldiers. So I led my troops out of the customs this time, in addition to supporting the Chahar tribe, I also want to set an example for our Ming officers and soldiers, I want to tell them that our Ming officers and soldiers can still fight field battles with the Tartars! ”

Looking at Yue Yang, who looked excited, Shun Bao suddenly felt that he understood his young master's mind a little, he took a deep breath and said loudly: "Young master, don't worry, no matter whether there is a sword mountain or a sea of fire ahead, Shun Bao will definitely accompany you!" ”

"Good! Let's do something great together! Yue Yang patted Shun Bao's shoulder and laughed......

While Yue Yang and Shun Bao were lyrical in the vast grassland, in the Chifeng Chahar tribe gathering place less than a hundred miles away from them, a group of people were setting up tents to discuss a major event that would determine their fate.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, this place in Chifeng belonged to the territory of Fuyuwei among the three guards of Wuliangha, and it was also a barrier on the border of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Chahar tribe broke away from the Ming Dynasty, they were still relatively friendly to the Ming Dynasty, and their Great Khan Lin Dan Khan even sent envoys to Beijing several times to ask to meet Chongzhen, asking to deal with the increasingly aggressive Jurchens with the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately the decision-makers of the Ming Dynasty always used many excuses to shirk it, and finally let the Lin Dan Khan, who resisted the Houjin alone, be defeated and died.

After the death of Lin Dan Khan, his subordinates were divided into several parts, some planned to take refuge in the Jurchens, and some planned to resist to the end.

Today's Chahar tribe is ruled by Lin Dan Khan's Doro Dafu Jin Bag Empress Dowager Namu Zhong, and the problem now in front of Namu Zhong is that Huang Taiji has now sent more than 10,000 troops led by Dolgon, Yue Tuo and Haoge to force the tribe. Although the Chahar tribe still has more than 6,000 soldiers and horses, the Chahar tribe is now panicked, and will have no fighting spirit and no fighting spirit, Namu Zhong knows very well that it can only be a fantasy to resist the Houjin soldiers and horses who are in the limelight with these soldiers and horses, since this is the case, then how to protect the Chahar tribe has become the most urgent problem at present.

In a tent of more than 100 square meters, there are more than 20 men and women, old and young, dressed in gorgeous Mongolian costumes, these people are the only remaining high-ranking and leaders of the Chahar tribe today. And among them, sitting on the seat is a woman wearing a pure white mink fur, this woman is about thirty-four or five years old, although she is no longer young, but she is still very beautiful, and her demeanor is even more heroic, three points heroic, and at the same time graceful and luxurious, with a dignified and solemn appearance, which makes people awe-inspiring and dare not force her to look, this person is the late Lin Dan Khan's Doro Dafu Jin Bag Empress Dowager Namu Zhong.

I saw Namu Zhong staring directly at the people under him and said: "You are all the leaders of my Chahar tribe, many things do not need me to say, you must be clear, now the Houjin country sent Dolgon, Haoge and Yue Tuo to lead the Houjin army to my tribe straight forward, intending to annex my Chahar tribe, Dolgon also sent a messenger to bring a letter, saying that if we do not surrender to Houjin within three days, then they will drive out our Chahar tribe and kill the chickens and dogs, everyone can talk about their opinions, right?" ”

"Boom ......"

As soon as Namu Zhong's words fell, the big tent suddenly became noisy, and many people's faces immediately showed panicked looks. Soon, a Mongolian noblewoman about the same age as Namu Zhong said sharply: "Sister Namu Zhong, if we surrender to the Houjin Kingdom, can we save the lives and property of our whole family?" ”

"yes, what did those Jurchens say? Didn't they say anything other than ask us to surrender? ”

"That is, we have to say it in advance, otherwise what if they regret it once we take refuge in the past?"

And the people in the tent began to discuss.

Seeing the appearance of everyone, Namu Zhong's eyes couldn't help but show a look of disappointment and tiredness, this is her tribe. After the death of Lin Dan Khan, these people suddenly became a flock of frightened birds, seeing the Houjin army pressing, their first thought was not how to lead the troops to resist, but how to surrender to be more beneficial to themselves, is such a tribe really worth guarding themselves? Thinking of Lin Dan Khan's dying entrustment, Namu Zhong's eyes showed a trace of sadness.

At this moment, a burly Mongol stood up and shouted, "What are you doing?" How long has Lin Dan Khan been beaten to death by the Jurchens, and you have been clamoring to take refuge in them, and you are still not the descendants of Genghis Khan? Are you worthy of Lin Dan Khan for doing this? ”

There was silence in the tent for a while, and immediately a woman dressed as a noblewoman stood up and pointed at the Mongol and shouted: "Battle, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, if you men have the ability to protect us, why should we go and surrender to the Jurchens, don't you blush when you say this?" ”

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