Chapter 368: The Helplessness of Survival in the Cracks
Zhou Huchen, who entered Hailar, was already smiling from ear to ear, because of the horses, in the small castle of Hailar, the booty left by Manzhu Xili was enough for him to equip his army of 100,000.
Western Mongolia was too weak in this area, and the weak Mongol alliance army did not engage in any fierce battles at all, and Manzhu Xili continued to advance westward without any scruples.
When Zhou Huchen's army set off again, it was already two days later. A cavalry force of more than 100,000 appeared in Hulunbuir, although this huge cavalry team is just a spectacle, but no one will ignore its huge flow of people, which is enough.
By this time, Manzhu had continued its westward advance, and his army had entered the Chechen Khan, which was closest to the west of Khorezin Prague.
The Chechen Khan, also known as the Khalkha East Road, is one of the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes and belongs to the Inner Zasak Banner (i.e., Inner Mongolia). Khalkha Mongolia borders Hulunbuir in the east, Kobdo in the west, the desert in the south, and Buryatia Mongolia in the north.
In the early years of Chongzhen, Genghis Khan's 19th grandson Shuolei established himself as a khan in the area of the Krulun River, called "Chechen Khan", and was called the three Khalkha Mongolian Khans together with Tushetu Khan Gunbu and Zasaktu Khan Subadi. Its territory extends to the Ergun River in the east, Chahar Khan in the south, Tushetu Khan in the west, and Buryatia in the north. At the beginning of the state, the Chechen Khan submitted to Chahar Lindan Khan. Later, the Later Jin army defeated Lin Dan Khan, and the Chechen Khan Shuoli turned to the Later Jin Nagong. In the first year of Chongde, Huang Taiji, who changed the name of the country to the Great Qing Dynasty, accused the Chechen Khan of trading with the Ming Dynasty, and the Chechen Khan was forced to sever relations with the Ming Dynasty.
This is already the boundary of Mobei Mongolia.
After a battle between the Mongols, the Mongol army of Monan, led by Manzhu Xili, was stationed in the steppes of the Chechen Khan.
The fighting was temporarily stopped, and the Chechen Khan was sacked again, and the Mongols such as Manzhu Xili were satisfied, and Zhou Huchen was also satisfied, because his first tactical objective was easily achieved.
On May 16 of the third year of Hongguang, Ming Dongchangbo. The Governor of the Left Governor of the Later Military Governor's Mansion, the Chief Military Officer of the Four Towns, and the first horse of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Huchen, entered Mobei Mongolia.
This was a happy gathering in the grassland, and Zhou Huchen's army did not participate in the battle, even in the smallest battle, but the Mongol cavalry in Monan was no stranger to them, and the heavy vigilance was much lighter.
The soldiers of the Ming army and the Mongolian cavalry sat together, and the language barrier did not affect the communication between the two sides, when the soldiers of the Ming army gave a thumbs up to these warriors who galloped the steppe. These Mongolian cavalrymen galloping across the steppes showed a sincere smile, and everything was silent
All the officers of the Ming army and the leaders of the Mongols also gathered together, there was no big tent of the Chinese army, no too grand ceremony, just under this blue sky and white clouds, bowls of mare's milk wine were held high above their heads.
The brutal subordination of Zhou Huchen and the Jianzhou people is a completely different style, this style is full of freedom, there is no strong threat component, and there is no cruelty happening. Zhou Huchen's instructions only had to achieve tactical goals, and there were huge benefits.
The Mongols were bold, and the chiefs were even more bold, when the revelry began. Ordinary soldiers used their own roars to express their passions, because Zhou Huchen did not allow his soldiers to drink. And these Mongolian nobles were a special case, and they launched a siege on Zhou Huchen with the most solemn toasting ceremony
The celebration continued, and Zhou Huchen and the Mongol alliance army of Monan did not advance westward. Because he had to wait, wait for the arrival of the envoys of the Mongol tribes in Mobei, and submission required more than just a military threat. At the same time, negotiations are also needed, and Zhou Huchen is patient.
"The Mongols in Monan are really powerful, not to mention easily taking Hulunbuir, it is so easy to defeat the Chechen Khan, the handsome man can easily get such an alliance, in fact, you are even more powerful!"
This was a leisure moment after drinking with the Mongolian leaders in Monan, and it was his admirer Mo Yanhua who praised Zhou Huchen.
Of course, the Mongols were powerful, because their main structure was composed of the Kormi Mongol cavalry. In Zhou Huchen's memory, this galloping army still occupies a place in history more than 200 years later, although it was too backward at that time, and has been left far behind by the tide of history, but it is still the mainstay of the Qing Dynasty at that time, and still retains his brave and warlike style.
Zhou Huchen smiled and immediately asked: "Let's talk about the fact that the Mongols in southern Mo Weishenme abandoned the previous Qing Dynasty so easily to serve us, they are the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty, and the relationship with Jiannu can be described as intertwined and very close." In particular, the Kormi Mongols and Jiannu are the closest in-laws, but they have become our vassals so happily, this is weishenme? ”
"Of course, for survival, the Mongols in Monan are afraid of fighting our army, because they are not our opponents at all, plus there are benefits, they naturally want to abandon the Qing Dynasty that no longer exists." Mo Yanhua replied very briskly.
"That's right! This is called the general trend, so Xiaohua will analyze in detail what specific circumstances caused this result. ”
This is testing Mo Yanhua's analytical ability, and at the same time, Zhou Huchen is teaching him a lesson.
"It's not the opponent of our army, and at the same time, we can open trade routes, and the people of the Mongol leaders in Monan are afraid that we will first form an alliance with Moxi Mongols, right?"
"Yes!" Zhou Huchen approved.
Mo Yanhua hit the nail on the head, but the analysis was still not thorough enough, so Zhou Huchen immediately began to teach him a lesson.
"Xiaohua's analysis is not bad! This is called the helplessness of survival in the cracks, due to the geographical location, Monan Mongolia is too close to the border wall of my Ming Dynasty, and with the return of Liaodong to my Ming Dynasty, Monan Mongolia has actually been surrounded. They not only have to face the powerful us, but also face the military threat of Western Mongolia, and they must always guard against the eastward invasion of Mobei Mongolia. Think about it, if we first reach an alliance with the Mongols, the living space of the Mongols in the Mongols will be smaller and smaller, therefore, they dare not be uncompromising, that is, they do not have huge interests, and they will also compromise. Politics has always been like this, no one wants to disappear into this stage by themselves, and if Monan Mongolia wants to have its own stage for performance, it depends on us, so as long as our military liliang is maintained, the Mongols will be left with a compromise, understand? ”
"Dashuai, I understand, now your tactic is to take most of Mobei Mongolia, and then, Moxi Mongolia will also be in the cracks, which is equivalent to surrendering without a fight, killing more birds with one stone! And then Siberia will be mine, zuihou slowly clean up these alien races, right? ”
"Well, Xiaohua has grown! It's good to know.,You have to know how to make reasonable use of the potential to grasp the initiative.,This is the case with Jihua.。 And the most important thing is that in the future, it is necessary to maintain a long-term military threat to have a deterrent effect, so I will hand over this place to you and Uncle Cheng. What kind of talents will consider for our Huaxia? It's us, who else is we! ”
Zhou Huchen's expression became very serious, and Mo Yanhua nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, for the sake of Huaxia and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, my descendants will continue to do this task well, let the Mongols honestly be our vassals of China, and let Siberia belong to us forever!" ”
Smiled and nodded to express satisfaction, Mo Yanhua was already growing, and this growth was what Zhou Huchen needed. The political methods taught to Mo Yanhua were to make him grow up quickly, because after Zhou Huchen returned to Guannei, he no longer had much energy and conditions to focus on the north. (To be continued......)