As long as people care about gains and losses, they have many ideas, and the same is true of the Tumut Ministry. In the era of agriculture and animal husbandry, spring and summer are generally not at war, this is a season of production, even if it wins, it also affects the production of the year, and it is completely worth the loss, because it is difficult to survive this autumn and winter. Therefore, Pegasus Town's expedition this time is the most painful place for the Mongolian tribes.

The first response taken by the Tumut tribe was to retreat all the troops to the Hetao area, in the city occupied by the Tumut tribe, that is, near the modern city of Hohhot.

At this time, the Mongol tribes in Hohhot had actually gradually changed to settle and cultivate, so relatively speaking, the food pressure on the Tumut tribe was much less. In addition, with the help of the city to defend, the ability of the Tumut tribe to survive is much stronger.

In addition, wood and stones are not easy to find in the grasslands, and siege equipment is difficult to build. With only cavalry, it is difficult to attack the fortified city, and the Tumut Department wants to use this hedgehog-like posture to make the attacking Pegasus Town retreat.

The second response used by the Tumut tribe was to send emissaries. In the eyes of the princes and nobles of the Tumut tribe, in fact, there was no life-and-death contradiction between their tribe and the Han people. Whether it is the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the Great Ping Dynasty, which of you lives and who dies, the Tumut Department does not care. But if you want to fight, go and fight it yourself, and don't hurt the fish in the pond of the Tumut tribe!

For this reason, the Tumut Department even invited several Jin merchants who were friendly with their tribe as envoys. In the eyes of the prince of Tumut and others: the Jin merchants and the officials of the Central Plains are inextricably linked, and they are in contact. There are a lot of conditions that can be discussed!

So, misinformation often leads to wrong moves, and this move by the Ministry of Tumut. It's all about selling yourself out.

After the establishment of the Daping Dynasty, everyone in the eight Jin merchants was in great panic. Because Wu Shigong hated the practice of the Jin merchants for trading with foreign countries, investing in enemies and betraying the intelligence of the Central Plains Dynasty, the Daping Dynasty wanted to exterminate the Jin merchants. If it's just an attitude, then the Jin merchants can still struggle, but the current Daping Dynasty has occupied Shanxi, and the old nest is occupied by the eight Jin merchants. I can't wait to lose my sincerity to the Daping Dynasty.

Although the Chang family, one of the eight families, first established contact with Wu Shigong, these eight families broke bones and connected tendons after all. So it's still one externally. Therefore, the eight families of the Jin Shang Dynasty passed the Chang family and wanted to negotiate a plan with the Daping Dynasty for a one-and-done loss of sincerity.

It was also the luck of the eight Jin Shang families, and they chose the right time. At this time, the Daping Dynasty was prone to civil strife and was attacked on all sides. So Wu Shigong didn't want to erect another strong enemy. And the eight families of the Jin merchants were originally rich and rivaled the country. They all have a strong force in their families. Although it is not enough to look at compared with the Daping Army, don't forget that now the Daping Army in Shanxi has already invaded Shaanxi, and Wu Shigong does not want Shanxi to be chaotic again.

Another point is that the operation of Jin merchants in the Ming officialdom for many years has also had an effect. Through funding and bribery, in the Ming officialdom, there were many civil and military officials who were the spokesmen of the Jin merchants. And these officials are now basically taken over by the Daping Dynasty. If Wu Shigong had resorted to violence, it would have caused unrest in the court.

Therefore. After some bargaining, Wu Shigong finally agreed to the request of the eight Jin merchants. But. He asked the eight Jin merchants to show "sincerity".

What "sincerity"? Real money, of course. In the end, the eight families of the Jin merchants agreed to donate 2 million taels of silver to the Daping Dynasty and lend 3 million taels of silver to the court for five years without interest, as the "forgiveness silver" of the previous behavior.

However, the Tumut Department didn't know what happened between the Jin Shang and the Daping Dynasty? So they let Jin Shang be the envoy, isn't that a non-person?

Therefore, as soon as those Jin merchant envoys arrived in Pegasus Town, they immediately explained the situation to Zug and the others like beans. And these Jin merchant envoys also suggested: Take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Tumut Ministry to give them a ruthless blow, so as to obtain more benefits.

To be honest, at this time, Zug and the others did not think of attacking the Tumut Department. Because of the exit of Pegasus Town, the Qing army's army has begun to move, and the city of the Tumut Department cannot be conquered in a short time. So Zug and the others prepared to return to the Great Wall through Datong. But now that he heard the weakness of the Tumut tribe, if he didn't bully him, he would definitely be thundered by the sky.

On the seventh day of the first month of May, the whole army of Pegasus Town rode 800 miles, and attacked Hohhot (called it by modern name) with lightning speed. Caught off guard, the herdsmen stationed outside the city collapsed.

Then, Pegasus Town bombarded Hohhot with the artillery carried by the army, causing the nobles of the Tumut Department in the city to be terrified. Then, the envoys of the Jin merchants entered the city again to persuade the Tumut tribe to accept the alliance proposed by Zug and others.

Under the rhetoric of the Jin merchant envoys, the Tumut tribe finally chose to give in. They will nominally submit to the Daping Dynasty, submit a surrender table to the Daping Dynasty, and claim vassals. However, this behavior is also meaningless in practice, even if it looks good. When Pegasus Town leaves, who can guarantee that the Tumut Ministry will not turn around and throw themselves into the arms of the Manchus?

But then, Pegasus is about to bleed from the Tumut Division. They demanded 10,000 sheep and 1,000 horses as war reparations to cover their military expenses for the attack on the Tumut tribe.

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And in Dolgon in Jinzhou, when he learned that the Korqin army was under attack, the first thing he did was to arrange for the army to be west of Jinzhou to guard against the flank attack of the Daping army. However, when Dolgon heard that the Daping army was moving westward, the Chahar tribe also suffered a crushing defeat, and the Chahar Khan Ezhe also fled north in a hurry, he could no longer be calm.

Although the Chahar Khan Ezhe was only a puppet, he was also the guarantor of the Manchu rule over Eastern Mongolia. If Ezhe fell into the hands of the Daping army, not to mention that the Manchu rule over Eastern Mongolia would collapse, at least it would take more effort in the future.

So Dolgon immediately transferred 20,000 troops, with Abatai as the main commander, and went west to encircle and suppress the Daping army that had been sent to the pass. This Qing army first drove to the Horqin Division, requisitioned the army of the Horqin Division, and then came to the Chahar Division, gathered the remnants of the Chahar Division, and once again controlled the Chahar Khan Ezhe. At this time, the Manchu and Mongolian coalition troops led by Abatai also reached more than 50,000. (To be continued......)