Chapter 301: Horqin's Choice (2-in-1)
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Killed 120,000 Jurchen Eight Banners.
Such a meritorious achievement in the world has long been passed on in the eastern Liaodong region, and it can no longer be passed on.
What's more, this Zhenshi exploit created by Li Mu for the Ming Dynasty is known to the entire frontier of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong.
The Ming Liaodong Nine Sides is the general name of the entire Liaodong Frontier of the Ming Dynasty.
The Liaodong border army guarding here, after receiving the imperial court's declaration of merit to Li Mu, were excited by this world-wide achievement, and felt proud of it never before, and the pride of being a Ming sergeant also inspired the blood of these Ming sergeants who guarded the nine sides of Liaodong for a long time.
Transmission of the nine sides.
Not only inspired the Ming soldiers, so that the entire Liaodong border army was in a state of excitement, the same way, with the bloody feats of the town, but also silently told those neighbors bordering the Ming in the Liaodong frontier that the Ming is still strong and has the ability to punish those invaders who violate the prestige of the Central Plains nation.
As a close neighbor of the Ming Dynasty, the Horqin tribe, a Mongolian tribe living in the Horqin steppe, was also deeply shocked by the sudden outbreak of the Ming Dynasty.
From this, there is also the worry that goes deep into the soul, the Horqin Department and the Jurchens are too close, and the Bao Qi Ming will go north to take revenge on the Horqin Department after cleaning up the Jurchens.
The heart of the Horqin Department.
In the royal tent of the tribal chief, the men of the Borzigit clan, who ruled the Korqin steppe, all who could make up their minds, gathered in the royal tent.
In the king's account, everyone was silent, and their brows were tightly locked.
As an ally of the Jianzhou Jurchens, since the Horqin Department learned that the Jurchens had suffered a crushing defeat under the city of Shenyang, and were beheaded by the Ming Iron Cavalry, a large number of young and strong children were killed, resulting in a great loss of combat effectiveness of the Jurchen Eight Banners, which can be called a great injury to their vitality, and they could not recover to their peak state in more than ten years.
The rulers of the Korqin tribe, the Borzigit clan, began to worry.
For the nomads, the loss of every young and strong child is the loss of the nomadic fighting power, and the strength of a nomadic people, so to speak, is supported by the young and strong children in those tribes.
The Jurchens lost 120,000 young and strong children, which was a huge blow to a Jurchen with a population of only a few hundred thousand.
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"What to do? It's not an option for us to sit here, right? Just waiting for the Ming to attack the Horqin Division? ā
In the king's account, someone finally broke the peace.
"Didn't we send a scout to Jianzhou? Although he brought back the news that the Jianzhou Jurchens were disabled by the Ming Dynasty, didn't he also bring back the news that the Daming Iron Cavalry left Shenyang City, and there was no sign of going north, but the news that he returned to the division in the direction of the Ming Dynasty? ā
"That's the news, but don't you know? This surprise attack on the Jurchen Shenyang City of the Ming Dynasty, did not go back to the Ming Dynasty directly, but stayed outside the city of Jinzhou for a night, and from the Shanhaiguan to meet the Liaodong Jingluo, that called Sun Chengzong after the convergence, will be from Shenyang City looted property, livestock, women handed over to the welcoming team to bring back to the Ming Mountain Customs, and this Ming horseman turned to the North Korea, and is still in the capital of the Korean State Hancheng Mansion as a prestige, there is no trace of the plan to return to the Ming Dynasty, who can guarantee that this Ming horse will not go crazy, to turn back, Go north to our Horqin Division, you know, our Horqin Division, but the first Mongolian tribe to ally with the Jurchens, and provided the Jurchens with a lot of war horses, it is difficult to guarantee that the Ming will not hold a grudge against this and have a revenge mentality. ā
"What then? It's just that our Horqin Department will not form an alliance with the Jianzhou Jurchens, and there will be no reason for the Ming Dynasty to attack us. Inside the king's account, a Mongolian man said impatiently.
The long speech just now, his head hurt when he listened to it, he didn't listen to it all at all, he didn't listen to it at all, but as a nation on horseback, he didn't have the delicate mind of the Han people, and he would only think with simple thinking, which also made him grasp a key point, that is, the alliance between the Horqin tribe and the Jurchens may be retaliated against by the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, it would be nice not to align with each other.
Although he said this, this Mongolian man was still very aggrieved in his heart, the Central Plains used to be the grazing land of the Golden Family, and once upon a time, the men of the Golden Family needed to care about the attitude of the Ming people.
"Bastard, do you think that the alliance with the Jianzhou Jurchens is something that the Horqin Department wants to want? You must know that the Jurchens in Jianzhou, although they lost 120,000 young and strong children, but the Ming Dynasty didn't know what the reason was, and they left 30,000 young and strong children who were not killed all. ā
Obviously, one of the men of the Borzigit clan saw the junior's unobtrusive proposal and angrily scolded him.
"Why don't I just talk about it, you've been talking about it here for so long, haven't you come to a conclusion?"
The Mongolian man who was scolded shrunk his neck in fright, it was obvious that this guy was usually reprimanded by this elder, and he had developed a conditioned reflex.
It's just that even if he was reprimanded, he still said stiffly: "Besides, what flows in our Horqin Department is the blood of the Golden Family, it's a big deal, when the Ming army comes, the Horqin Department gathers all the iron cavalry of Horqin to fight with the Ming Dynasty, but we have to see if it is the descendants of the Golden Family, or the Ming Dynasty who seized the Central Plains of the Golden Family." ā
This guy is obviously a warmonger, full of the glory of the golden family, simple-minded, hot-blooded, and wants to fight at every turn.
"Bang, bang."
Hearing this, after reprimanding the Mongolian man's elders, he was so angry that he picked up the flat wine jug next to him, threw it out, and scolded: "You said that your brain was eaten by rats, and you were really eaten by rats, right?" The 120,000 Jurchen Eight Banners in Jianzhou can't beat the 20,000 Ming Iron Cavalry, do you think that the Horqin tribe has lived too long, so let's end the lives of the Horqin tribe quickly? ā
The Mongolian man who had been smashed with a wine jug smiled, picked up the wine jug at his feet, walked quickly to the elders, put the wine jug back in its place, and said, "Hehe, uncle, that's what I said, don't take it seriously." ā
Facing one of the most powerful uncles in the Korqin Tribe, this Mongolian man did not dare to make any mistakes.
Today's Horqin tribe has long lost the customs of most Mongolians, and gradually tends to be sinicized, so they are still more in awe of their elders, especially those who are very powerful in the tribe.
Obviously, this elder of the Borzigit clan who taught his nephew was very powerful in the Horqin tribe, and he ignored the nephew who gave him the wine jug, but set his eyes on a middle-aged Mongolian man opposite.
"Saisang, you can also say it, after all, your sister married to Jianzhou to make a great fortune for Huang Taiji, and your daughter also married to Huang Taiji to be a side blessing, and you are the only one in this king's tent."
In the Mongolian tribe, it is very common for an aunt and nephew to marry a man, and some Mongolian families are even more absurd, and the father's woman, when the father dies, the son will inherit and use it, and give birth to cubs to continue the offspring.
For the Mongolian tribe, a woman is more like a tool used to reproduce offspring than a family member, unless she can give birth to many sons, it is possible to have a certain status in a Mongolian family.
However, in the Mongolian tribes, if a woman is very capable of giving birth to a son, it is often doomed to the beginning of a tragic fate, and their men will use it as a fertility tool, used to keep giving birth to children, giving birth to sons, and strengthening the entire clan and tribe.
In the Mongolian tribes, the man is the dominant position, and the woman is nothing more than a living possession that can be inherited.
During the scene, the elder brothers of the clan discussed how to deal with the Ming Dynasty and whether they still maintained the alliance with the Jianzhou Jurchens, as one of the people at the center of the whirlpool of this incident.
Saisan remained silent.
The Mongolian man who put the wine jug saw that this uncle no longer reprimanded him, his heart was relieved, and when he saw Saisang, who did not speak, he reminded him: "Brother Saisang, you should hurry up, don't let Uncle wait here, Korqin said that the closest to the Jianzhou Jurchens is Brother Saisang, this niece has just married the Jurchen Emperor Taiji, and she didn't expect to encounter a surprise attack from the Ming Dynasty, and I don't know how Bumu Butai's niece is doing in Shenyang City, which really worries me as an uncle." ā
"Oh, by the way, and my sister Zhezhe."
In the end, the Mongolian man remembered Zhezhe and added.
"Get back to your seat." When the elder of the Borzigit clan heard the Mongolian man's words, he kicked him and scolded: "Lao Tzu let Saisan speak, did he make you talk too much?" Ma ** wine can't stop your mouth, right? ā
"Uncle." The Mongolian man, who was still about to say something, saw the stern eyes of the elder, sat back in his seat boredly, and said no more.
At this time, Saisan, who was silent, raised his head and saw that all the members of the Botezigit clan in the king's tent were looking at him, and even the Mongolian man who had just returned to his seat did not dare to speak, but he also cast his eyes on him.
Seeing that he couldn't help but speak, Saisang said in a deep voice: "Uncle, all the Borzigit clan relatives of the Horqin Department who are present, my daughter Bumu Butai, and my sister Zhezhe, may not be in Shenyang City now, so the relationship between the Jianzhou Jurchen and the Horqin Department is still up to you, Saisang doesn't dare to say anything." ā
"How is that possible?"
"Bumu Butai is not in Shenyang City, not in Huang Taiji's harem, where is that?"
"Impossible, since the person is not in the palace of Huang Taiji, then why did the envoy sent by the Horqin Department not bring back the news."
"Didn't you say that Bumu Butai and Zhezhe occasionally felt the cold? Why is it gone? Sesan, how do you know? ā
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"Okay, don't talk about it, let Saisan say it himself." The elder who had just asked Saisan for his opinion saw the chaos in the arena and stopped it.
"Seissan, what the hell is going on? Why are Bumu Butai and Zhezhe not in Shenyang City, not in the palace of Jianzhou Jurchen Emperor Taiji? ā
Saisang glanced at Uncle as an elder, hesitated, and said: "Uncle, Saisang is also speculating that if Zhezhe and Bumu Butai only occasionally feel the wind cold, it is impossible for them to both occasionally feel the wind cold at the same time, even if they are sick together, the wind cold is not too big a disease, and they will not let the envoy sent by the Horqin Department have no chance to meet each other, besides, when Bumu Butai was not married to Huang Taiji, Zhezhe had a precedent of having a cold, and Huang Taiji still let the envoy sent by Horqin meet with Zhezhe. ā
After a pause, Saisan said the unpredictable result: "Saisang's sister Zhezhe and daughter Bumu Butai didn't feel the wind and cold by chance, but they were not in Shenyang City, and they may have been taken away by the Ming army that captured Shenyang City at that time, and they were taken away when they left, after all, the news we got is that when the Ming army left Shenyang City, in addition to property and livestock, they also took away a large number of young women in the city of Jianzhou Jurchen." ā
In fact, Saisan has another guess, but he didn't dare to say it, and this result is also the result that he doesn't want to know as a father and a brother.
"So, it's really possible." The elder of the Borzigit clan thought back for a moment.
In the past, the envoys sent by the Horqin Ministry to Jianzhou Jurchen, as long as they brought some hometown specialties to Zhezhe, they could always see Zhezhe in the harem.
Only this time was an exception, the envoy who came back reported that when he mentioned that he wanted to see Zhezhe and Bumu Butai in the palace, Huang Taiji, who usually agreed with all his heart, actually refused, and found a reason to prevaricate him.
"Is there only one possibility of being taken away by the Ming army?" Sitting in his seat, the Mongolian man who had just shut up hinted that the last thing Saisan wanted to say was the result.
"Why do you want what kind of result, the two daughters of Zhezhe and Bumu Butai, for the prosperity of the Horqin Department, married the Jianzhou Jurchen together, this is really not easy, otherwise, you would have died under the iron horse of the Jianzhou Jurchen." The elder reprimanded.
Saisang didn't react much, but his heart was relieved, and he said to the uncle who defended him: "Uncle, this is also another guess of Saisan, that is, Zhezhe and Bumu Butai encountered an accident when Daming and Jurchen confronted, so Huang Taiji will find a reason to prevaricate us, and want to continue to maintain the oath between the Jianzhou Jurchen and the Horqin Department." ā
"Alas, without the oath of Zhezhe and Bumu Butai to maintain the Horqin Department and the Jianzhou Jurchens, it is not impossible for the Jianzhou Jurchens to launch an attack on the Horqin Department in the spring of the next year in order to recover their strength faster." The elder of the Borzigit clan said worriedly.
As a nomad, he knew very well the Jianzhou Jurchens, who were also nomads, and the oath was not a constraint, but a bond that maintained a relationship between the two sides.
Otherwise, the Horqin Ministry would not have successively married Zhezhe and Bumu Butai to Huang Taiji, especially since they also planned to continue to marry the princess of the Horqin Department to the Jianzhou Jurchen in the future, the purpose of this is to consolidate the relationship between the Horqin Department and the Jianzhou Jurchen.
Now, it is possible that Zhezhe and Bumu Butai will be plundered by the Ming army, or die in the war, no matter what the outcome is, it is not what he wants to see, nor is it the news that the Horqin Department wants to get.
This is tantamount to the fact that the Korqin Department not only has to prevent the retaliation of the Ming Dynasty, but also to guard against the sudden betrayal of the allies.
In the king's account, the leaders of the Horqin tribe and the men of the Borzigit clan were thinking about how to deal with the relationship with the Jianzhou Jurchens and how to ease the relationship with the Ming Dynasty.
Saisan's son, Wu Keshan, hurriedly walked in.