Chapter 371: A Hard Bone?

According to the agreement, Zhou Huchen's cavalry began to shrink, and on the morning of the second day, the envoy group arrived as promised.

The first of the envoys who came this time was a Geshe, who translates to good knowledge in Chinese, and is a religious title for Tibetan Buddhism.

It is nothing more than to talk about some details, and these details Zhou Huchen has experience and is fully prepared.

It's just a political compromise, anyway, there won't be any big losses, since the Mongols have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, it is nothing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty that has defeated the Qing Dynasty. Zhou Huchen also knew that the Mongols would not surrender completely, but they were powerless to resist now. Zhou Huchen still remembers the establishment of Outer Mongolia, and it was the Mongolian princes and high-ranking lamas headed by the 8th Jebtsundamba who declared "independence" under the instigation of the Russian Empire and privately signed the illegal "Russian-Mongolian Entente" with the Russian Empire. After this treaty, there was a scuffle in Shijie, and Outer Mongolia took the opportunity to completely become independent with the support of Lao Maozi, which is the history of Mongolia in the future. Of course, Zhou Huchen wants to make that history completely change.

There was no grand ceremony, the negotiations were conducted in a decent manner, and it looked very bland. Zhou Huchen also learned about some religious and political things, he needed to ask the imperial court for titles for those great lamas, and many, in addition to the most noble living Buddha, there are also many titles such as national teachers and Dharma kings that need to be officially canonized by the imperial court before they can be officially effective.

In addition to religious canonization, Zhou Huchen also had to make contact with the envoys of Tushetu Khan. The son and Lao Tzu were originally one, and the largest Gelug Living Buddha agreed to accept the canonization of the Ming court also meant submission, and Tushetu Khan had effectively renounced the war.

In this way, the territory of Tushetu Khan calmed down, and Zhou Huchen's coalition army was expanded again, and Tushetu Khan also sent 1,000 cavalry to Zhou Huchen according to the agreement, which was regarded as joining this alliance. And just when Zhou Huchen was about to continue westward, there was good news behind him again.

The Ulanqab Mongols, located in the southeast of the Tushetu Khan realm, sent emissaries, and they were willing to work with Zhou Huchen to crusade against the remnants of Jiannu.

The news of the Mongols seems to be very good. These tribes, who had been ostracized by Monan, knew how to use the excuse propagated by Zhou Huchen. I have to say that they are very good at looking at the direction, and at the same time they are very smart, so they avoided being settled by Zhou Huchen.

Taking down the Zasaktu Khan Department is Zhou Huchen's goal before the autumn of this year, but this goal is very difficult to deal with.

Zasaktu Khan, also known as the Khalkha West Road, is in the western part of Outer Mongolia, bordered by Tangnu Ulianghai in the northeast, Tushetu Khan in the east, Ejina, the old Turghut and Gansu and Turpan Khanate in the south, and the Tulupan Khanate in the west and northwest.

Due to the geographical advantage. The Zasaktu Khan has always been the most difficult bone to gnaw in the eyes of other tribes, especially the Zasaktu Khan has the majestic and precipitous, hundreds of miles of Hangai Mountain as a support. Coupled with the neighborship of the strong enemy Turpan, the Zasaktu Khan has many excellent warriors, and it can be said that it is the most powerful force in the vicinity.

Hangai Mountain was called Yanran Mountain in Han Dynasty China, and this mountain was also a dividing ridge in ancient times, and it was the limit that Chinese armies could go deep into Mobei to pursue nomads. In the summer of the first year of Yongyuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the generals Dou Xian and Geng Bing led the army and the Southern Xiongnu army to fight with Beidan in Zhuoye Mountain in Jiluo Mountain (now Ebugen Mountain in Mongolia), and Beidan was defeated and fled. The Han army pursued, capturing and killing more than 13,000 people, and more than 200,000 people in the Northern Xiongnu were attached. Dou Xian and Geng Bingdeng Yanran Mountain (now Hangai Mountain, Mongolia) carved stone and returned. North of Hangai Mountain, the Chinese call it "Far North". It is basically regarded as a wild area, and the "Tianshan Mountains" often referred to in the Tang and Song dynasties also refer to this place.

Hangai Mountain is also the boundary ridge of the Tushetu Khan and the Zasaktu Khan, in fact, the Zasaktu Khan has the advantage of geographical advantages, and at the same time. This is also an extremely dangerous strategy. The territory of the Zasaktu Khan is equivalent to a large basin surrounded by mountains on three and a half sides, surrounded by mountains on the east, north and southwest, and only in the southeast of this basin is a huge gap in the desert.

Zhou Huchen only needs to get stuck in this huge gap. Zasaktu Khan had nowhere to run if he wanted to. Of course, there is no problem in entering the mountains in the refreshing summer, but in the winter, people cannot survive in the mountains at all, this is the far north, and the snow in the mountains in winter is very thick, and the probability of survival is extremely low. With many family members and subordinates, Zasaktu Khan wanted not to be frozen and starved to death, and there was only one way out of the mountains in winter, so Zhou Huchen's goal was very clear, tightly blocking the gap in the north of the desert, blocking Zasaktu Khan tightly, and then making him succumb.

Plugging the huge gap, Zhou Huchen rarely did not attack directly, but sent a Mongolian envoy to persuade Zasaktu Khan Norbu to surrender.

Zasaktu Khan is not his opponent, Zhou Huchen is convinced of this, he just doesn't want to delay time, because his Jihua is going north before autumn, so blocking it is not a way, so he wants to deal with Zasaktu Khan as soon as possible.

The messenger came back quickly, and Norbu was very tough, and his meaning was clear, and if he wanted me to surrender, he could defeat me.

It is not a problem to defeat the Zasaktu Khan, the problem is that Norbu said that Zhou Huchen relied on many generals to threaten him, and this Norbu didn't know if there was something wrong with his brain, he actually put forward a challenge to Zhou Huchen.

Both sides sent the same number of cavalry, but Zhou Huchen could not use the Mongol cavalry, as long as Zhou Huchen's cavalry won, Norbu would surrender immediately.

"What does General Mo think?"

It's funny, Zhou Huchen has seen through Norbu's tricks, and he is continuing to test Mo Yanhua.

"Back to the marshal, this Norbu is actually fighting for a reputation for himself, he can't beat us, he just wants to show the combat effectiveness of his cavalry, for himself to gain status in the grassland in the future, Norbu has a lot of ambitions, and the last general will go and cripple him!"

The little guy is getting more and more mature, which in itself is to compare the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. Norbu seems to be very stupid, but in fact he has a lot of brains, and he knows that he is definitely not an opponent when fighting on all fronts, and this is a chance for himself. This victory or defeat is to determine a reputation, and it has nothing to do with the whole, even if he wins, Nolb will surrender, but no matter whether he wins or loses, he will gain a huge reputation in the grassland, it doesn't matter if he loses, everyone else has fallen, and it is nothing if I have fallen, at least after hard work. Norbu's meaning is obvious, Tushetu Khan, who has a living Buddha, does not dare to fight, I fight, fight for honor!

The seemingly simple challenge is not simple, Norbu is not a hard one, this is what makes Norbu smart, the key is this reputation, Norbu is paving the way for his future. The Ming army must withdraw from the grassland, and Norbu's plan is not small.

If you lose, I will continue to attack, and I will kill you! Cut down your whole family!

Zhou Huchen cursed in his heart, it was not that his cavalry could not defeat the cavalry of the Zasaktu tribe, but that Zhou Huchen was reluctant to let his men go, and he didn't want to sacrifice even one person. But does he have a solution? For the sake of the big picture, we can only accept this challenge.

"That's right! Mo Yanhua listened to the order~"

"The last general!" Mo Yanhua almost jumped up excitedly, finally had a chance.

Since you are not convinced, I will beat you up, Zhou Huchen is not polite: "Order you to lead a thousand cavalry, plus a thousand dragoons to fight tomorrow, only to win and not to lose, so that these Zasaktu cavalry who don't know the height of the sky is a little powerful!" There were a lot of Mongolian cavalry not far away, Zhou Huchen hurriedly put away his foul language, pay attention to what he said, unity is very important, and the Mongols can't be too faceless, especially at this critical moment.

"Order!" Mo Yanhua clenched his fists and received the order, his eyes shining. (To be continued......)