Chapter 366: Hulunbuir's Dilemma
The true meaning of fighting Mo Yanhua has always adhered to Zhou Hucheng's habit, he will shoot when it is time to shoot, inherit the mantle of the former Jingzhong Tiger, and it is an honor to be his little brother. Mo Yanhua has shot many times, although this time is a little different, but Zhou Huchen knows that he can master it, and he must master it, because this is the grind.
The night is still a little cool, this cool Hulunbuir grassland night is very quiet, and the night passed like this.
A flash of white appeared in the sky, and the boundless barracks began to wake up, and then the smoke of the men's cooking lights up.
After the meal, the people who were full of rituals brought news that the cavalry of the Dulbert Department had been found more than twenty miles ahead. The number of people is very limited, but 10,000 horses, Dulbert's department seems to be a little slow.
The Manzhu Xili who reported the news did not mean to let Zhou Huchen do it, but just made a gesture of an ally, and the 10,000 people really didn't look at him.
The herdsmen of the grassland got the news overnight, and this time there was no surprise effect from yesterday, and the situation along the way was still overwhelming, but unfortunately there were very few seizures, which disappointed Zhou Huchen, who coveted the horses.
It seemed that a war was about to start ahead, and the scouts began to run back and forth, and what was ironic was that after sending away Mo Xiancheng's father and son, Zhou Huchen stopped in place and began to enjoy his soldiers performing.
Many foot soldiers actually ride horses, which seems to be the majority, after all, this is the era of horses.
But Zhou Huchen didn't want these soldiers to wander leisurely on horses, his requirements were generally not high, and he just didn't fall off his horse when he ran. It was basically no problem for the northern soldiers, because they had a lot of access to livestock, but for those southern soldiers, it became a problem, because many of them had never ridden a horse, and the consequences of not riding a horse were serious, both for themselves and for Zhou Huchen.
Zhou Huchen did not require these soldiers to become real cavalrymen, they just needed to become horse infantry, because the distance behind was too far. Not being able to ride a horse is equivalent to waste, so soldiers must learn to ride horses, and the most basic requirement is not to fall behind in the future.
It is not surprising that the disgraced fall of the horse happens repeatedly, and those soldiers who have never been on the horse really do nothing but hold the horse, let alone run, and some minor injuries are inevitable.
Brave and strong on land is not the same thing as being on the horse, Zhou Huchen watched in annoyance for a long time, and in the laughter of many soldiers, he reluctantly gave a vicious order.
"Give me good practice. Within half a month, whoever can't run on a horse will go back with the baggage team and deduct a year's salary! ”
A year's salary was too much, because these soldiers were almost all recruits, and their salary was very high, and besides, it was double the salary for going into battle, and the soldiers could not bear this punishment at all. Zhou Huchen's purpose is very clear, I don't believe you can't learn it. If you can't learn, you have to be forced to learn, and you can't even learn to ride a horse if you're not afraid of death?
When Zhou Huchen was still training soldiers, the battle report from the front came back; The Mongol cavalry in Monan was extremely brave, and the cavalry of the Dulbert Department was beaten in a flash. has already fled, Manzhu Xi respectfully asked Zhou Huchen to lead the army to continue to advance.
Advancing is a must, packing up a huge army, Zhou Huchen is satisfied and continues to go north.
When Zhou Huchen's army began to camp again. It is less than 300 miles away from Hailar (Hulunbuir City).
The night air in the Hulunbuir grassland is exceptionally fresh and feels good.
After the meal, Zhou Huchen, Wang Deyong, and Zheng Sen chatted for a long time. Just as a few people were about to say goodbye and go back to their tents to rest, a personal soldier of Zhou Huchen hurriedly ran over.
"Report to the big handsome, I caught a Mongolian fine work outside at night, this fine work can speak our Chinese, and said that I must meet you."
"Oh, then I'll see."
This should be the envoy of the Hulunbuir grassland tribe, otherwise he would not have caught a fine work that could speak Chinese, probably lurking somewhere and wanting to find an opportunity to meet him.
It doesn't hurt to see nature.
Soon, a Mongol who had been tied up with a lot of flowers was brought in.
Two sturdy soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, clung to a man in a leather robe, a large man with a scorched yellow beard, who looked like a Mongol.
Zhou Huchen waved his hand, and a personal soldier stepped forward to pull off the strip of cloth stuffed in the big man's mouth, and then stood aside and began to guard.
"General, don't kill me, I'm not a fine worker, I'm Namur, the messenger of Hu and Lutaiji, and I'm here to meet the generalissimo of the Ming court!" The strip of cloth was pulled off, and the Mongolian man immediately began to shout in a stiff Chinese language.
"It's not easy to meet a Mongolian who can speak Chinese in this distant and beautiful Hulunbuir, this handsome is Zhou Huchen, just say anything you want!"
"Little one, meet the big handsome!"
This Mongolian man seems to have had a lot of contact with the Ming people, and he actually knows what title he uses, but Zhou Huchen didn't bother to ask, he bowed his head slightly.
The Mongolian Han hurriedly continued: "Dashuai, our Oirat Mongolian tribes already know that Dashuai has defeated the Jianzhou people, but because of the long distance, they can't meet Dashuai, so they have been waiting for the imperial court envoy to canonize it, and now I don't know why Dashuai wants to attack our Hulunbuir?" ”
Of course, the Oirat Mongols knew about the defeat of the Jianzhou people, because they also had cavalry to enter the customs with Jiannu, but they didn't expect Zhou Huchen to come so quickly, and directly let Mo Nan Mongolia come to an undeclared war.
Zhou Huchen smiled slightly: "The Oirat Mongols have entered the customs with Jiannu many times, and they have also attacked my Daming, since they have attacked us, is it not right for me to crusade?" ”
"Dashuai, my Weirat Mongolia was coerced by the Jianzhou people and had to enter the customs with it, and I also invited the Dashuai Mingjian, which was completely coerced by the Jianzhou people!" The Mongol named Namur hastened to explain.
"Whether it's coercion or not, but I know that Oirat Mongols have followed Jiannu into the pass several times to attack my Daming. Debts to repay money, revenge will be avenged, my Ming is not a soft persimmon to be kneaded, this time I am here to collect debts, that is, Oirat Mongolia knows that my Ming is not so easy to bully! I just want to use my troops to make the Oirat Mongols understand that this is how the debt should be collected! ”
"The handsome man is angry! The handsome man is angry! You don't know, do you! There is a reason why the southern tribe of the desert, led by Kormi, is willing to attack Hulunbuir for you! ”
The southern part of the desert is willing to attack Hulunbuir for himself, because there are benefits, there are great benefits, but Namur's words made Zhou Huchen wonder for a while, is there any other reason?
"Tell me about it."
"Dashuai, that's right"
Namur's Chinese was a bit stiff, but there was no problem in understanding it, and soon Zhou Huchen understood the most important reason why Monan Mongolia was so bold and brave.
It turned out that after the rise of the Later Jin, the Mongol tribes of Hulunbuir successively submitted to the Qing court, and the Jurchens successively moved the brave and warlike Mongols living here to the Ulanqab grassland in order to take advantage of the Mongols' rebellion against the Ming Dynasty. Only a few nomadic tribes such as the Balhu, Buryat Mongols, Daur and Evenki have survived in this Hulunbuir region.
The Jurchens officially named the Ulanqab grassland as the Ulanqab League, this migration began one after another in the Tiancong years, and later in the sixth year of Tiancong, the four Ziwang tribes, the three banners of the Urad front, middle and rear three banners, the Maomingan tribe, and the Khalkha right-wing tribe (i.e., the Darhan Banner) and other six tribes met for the first time in Ulanqab, so it is called the Ulanqab League. It was also this alliance that made some of the Mongol tribes of the western part of the country become the Mongol tribes of the southern Mongols, but due to the historical struggle for pastures, the leaders of the Mongol tribes led by the Mongol tribes of the Kormi Desert did not recognize these migratory tribes as their allies.
After the Mongol tribes of Hulunbuir migrated one after another, the tribes led by the Kormi Mongols did not dare to attack the Hulunbuir grassland, which was already seriously lacking in troops, because the Jianzhou people did not allow it, because they did not want the Kormi Mongols to be too strong. Since Moxi Mongolia has been suppressed, it will naturally not make Monan Mongolia too strong.
Zhou Huchen sighed, I said why are the Mongols in the south so easy to talk to! The troops were so brave, it turned out that there was such a thing.
Jihua's is very good, but it's a pity that the Monan Mongols are cheap in vain. Although this is the case, Zhou Huchen will not regret it, because it seems that the pasture and people have increased, but Hulunbuir will also let the Monan Mongols digest it for a long time, which can make their forces seriously dispersed, not to mention, in his Jihua, he will continue to fight with some Mongolian cavalry. Zhou Huchen's whole jihua is very reasonable, Hulunbuir's small accident can't change anything, and he doesn't need to be polite to use the Mongols to achieve his goals.
Namur actually came to beg for surrender, but this kind of begging is obviously too late, now is the time to need people, Zhou Huchen can't lose his trust in Monan Mongolia, and the Mongolian tribes in Hulunbuir will naturally have to be sacrificed.
"Then go back and tell your family head, just say that I won't do it, and the disputes on the grassland will be resolved by yourself, this is your own business. If you are defeated by Monan Mongols, there is no need to say anything, if you can resist the attack of Monan Mongols, I will be responsible for the canonization of the imperial court afterwards, so be it! ”
Not giving Namur a chance to speak again, Zhou Huchen waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take him out. Let the Mongols bite each other, it is estimated that the winner of Zuihou will be Monan, and if you take the Hulunbuir steppe, Siberia and the whole of Outer Mongolia will open the door to him, which is what is most needed.
The cavalry team of Mo Xiancheng's father and son has been following the left rear flank of the Mongol cavalry in Monan and waiting for an opportunity, but unfortunately, Zhou Huchen's follow-up order disappointed Mo Yanhua, and he was only allowed to see and not move, which made Mo Yanhua, who was full of confidence, not understand what was happening.
But no matter what, Mo Xiancheng's pressure on the formation was enough to make Mo Yanhua dare not act without authorization, and Mo Yanhua also understood the seriousness of the military order, and the father and son could only lead a strong cavalry team to follow the Monan Mongolian cavalry to continue north. (To be continued......)