When Zhu Youzhen was planning to establish the Daming People's Bank, this winter, there was a big war on the grassland.

In mid-October, when the first light snow had just fallen on the Monan grassland, Huang Taiji led 30,000 Mengman cavalry to suddenly kill the Chahar department.

The attack on Jiannu, Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department had already anticipated, and after getting the news, he personally led a large army to meet the battle. At the Haliutu River in Zhangbei, they met Jiannu, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

At this time, Huang Taiji's subordinates, Jurchens and Mongolian herdsmen mixed to form a new Eight Banners. Because they had too many Mongolian cavalry, they couldn't keep up with the equipment and weapons, and many of the Mongolian Eight Banners still wore leather robes without armor, and their weapons were still mainly bows and arrows.

However, under the efforts of Huang Taiji to integrate, under the constraints of the Eight Banners system, the combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of Lin Dan Khan's subordinates. What's more, Huang Taiji has a white-armored army of 1,000 people in his hands, and his combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

The cavalry of the two sides fought fiercely on the grassland, and at the critical moment, Huang Taiji ordered Haoge to lead the white-armored guards to attack the middle army of Lin Dan Khan.

The white-armored soldiers wore heavy armor, but they were heavy cavalry, and the Mongols' bows and arrows could not penetrate at all.

A thousand white-armored heavy cavalry quickly assaulted in the Mongol cavalry array, destroying the withered and decaying, invincible, Lin Dan Khan sent waves of cavalry to intercept, but could not stop the assault of the white-armored heavy cavalry.

Seeing that the white-armored soldiers were about to attack in front of him, Lin Dan Khan was terrified, and ran away as soon as he hit his horse.

He ran away with his people, and the other Chahar cavalry who were fighting saw that the Khan banner was gone, and their morale was gone, so they naturally fled, and tens of thousands of Chahar cavalry collapsed at once.

Huang Taiji immediately ordered the whole army to pursue, and pursued for thirty or forty miles before regathering his troops.

Fortunately, the Mongols are all cavalry, and they can't fight, but their riding skills are excellent, and they tried their best to escape one by one in order to escape, desperately escaping from under the Jiannu sabre.

The characteristic of cavalry combat is that it is easy to defeat, and it is basically impossible to completely annihilate it. In a great battle, the Mongols suffered thousands of casualties, but most of them fled.

Back in Guihua City, Lin Dan Khan counted the army and found that there were about 10,000 cavalry under his subordinates who could not return safely, and more than 10,000 of them died in the hands of Jiannu at most, and the rest fled into the vast grassland.

A big defeat made the Chahar people panic.

Lin Dan Khan was terrified, and had an attempt to continue to move west, but was persuaded by his subordinates.

It has entered winter, and it will snow heavily at any time, and at this time, the migratory tribes, once it snows, I don't know how many people will freeze to death in the snowfield. Besides, under the pursuit of Jiannu, whether he can escape or not is still two words.

I can't escape, and the rest can only fight a decisive battle with Jiannu. The great battle a few days ago had proved that the field war could not be fought at all, and the only thing that could be done now was to defend the city.

Guihua City is adjacent to Daqing Mountain in the north, the Yellow River in the south, the Hetao in the west, and Ordos across the Yellow River, so the geographical location is very important.

The name of the naturalized city is given by the Ming court, the Mongolians call it Kuku and Tun, translated into Chinese is Hohhot, it was built in Longqing six years after Longqing was crowned tribute, built in Wanli three years, it is built by the famous three ladies Zhong Jin, and the city wall is made of blue bricks.

In the city Saturday, it is three feet high, there is no moat, and the scale is only equivalent to the county seat of Daming, and even the scale of the larger county town is not comparable. But in this steppe, for the Mongols who can only ride and shoot, it is like a heroic city.

After the completion of the Naturalization City, it was in the hands of the Karaqin Tribe, a descendant of Altan Khan, until three years ago, when the Karaqin Department was defeated by Lin Dan Khan, and the Naturalization City was owned by the Chahar Tribe.

Jiannu is thousands of miles away, it will never bring siege equipment, there are mountains around the naturalization city, there are forests on the mountain, you can build siege equipment, but in the blink of an eye to the deep winter, it is more conducive to the defenders of the city, in Lin Dan Khan's view, the Chahar Department is capable of defending the city.

But after all, the city of naturalization is not big, and the Mongolians live on nomadic herding, and there are too many cattle, sheep and livestock in the tribe, so many cattle and sheep are absolutely impossible to put down in the city, and many tribes live on the edge of the lake around the city of naturalization.

Once Jiannu attacked, Lin Dan Khan's extremely close line living in the Naturalized City might be fine, but the tribes on the periphery would definitely suffer heavy losses.

When Lin Dan Khan was at a loss, his subordinates reported that Li Hongji, the general of the Ming army in Montenegro, was here, and Lin Dan Khan was overjoyed.

As early as when he learned that Jiannu was coming, Lin Dan Khan sent a letter to the Ming Dynasty, asking the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help the Chahar Department resist the invasion of Jiannu.

Seeing that Jiannu was about to be killed outside the naturalized city, the Ming Dynasty finally came.

"Are you sent by the Ming Kingdom to rescue the Chahar Ministry, and how many soldiers and horses did you bring?" Lin Dan Khan asked hopefully.

Li Hongji shook his head: "I didn't bring soldiers and horses, I just brought a message from Lord Sun, the governor of the three sides." ”

"What did Governor Sun say?" Lin Danhan asked disappointedly.

"Lord Sun said, with your strength, there should be no problem in defending the city of Guihua, but I am afraid that the herdsmen outside will be plundered by Jiannu. Therefore, it is recommended that the Chahar Department move westward, temporarily cross the Yellow River and move to the Hetao, and wait until next spring to return to the grasslands around Guihua City. Li Hongji said.

"If you go to Hetao, won't you be chased and killed by Jiannu when you go to Hetao?" Lin Dan Khan said disappointedly.

Li Hongji smiled slightly: "Although the Khan can rest assured, you will contain the main force of Jiannu in Guihua City, and Huang Taiji will not send many troops to chase and kill." There are thousands of Ming troops in the Black Mountain Village, and some of the Jiannu can also be contained, if the Jiannu really cross the Yellow River and enter the Hetao, I can send troops from Datong and Yulin to attack the Jiannu! ”

Lin Danhan thought about it for a long time, but still agreed.

It's really that Jiannu will be killed in a few days, and there is no time to delay it. The Naturalization City is too small, it can't accommodate hundreds of thousands of herdsmen in Chahar, and it can't be left to Jiannu except for the elite soldiers, the Hetao is very close to the Naturalization City, if the Ming army really agrees to help, it will be a good choice to go there.

As for whether the Ming people will have any conspiracy, I can't care about it for the time being.

Lin Dan Khan immediately sent Pegasus to give orders to his subordinates, ordering them to move to the Hetao with cattle and sheep. At the same time, Lin Dan Khan gathered 20,000 soldiers under his command and began to prepare to defend the city of Guihua.

Lin Dan Khan also asked Li Hongji to send some Ming troops to help defend the city. Because Lin Dan Khan knew that the Ming army had powerful firearms, and firearms were much stronger than bows and arrows for defending cities.

Li Hongji readily agreed, promising that Lin Dan Khan could send a thousand firecrackers over to help defend the city. However, there is a shortage of war horses in Black Mountain, and I hope that Lin Dan Khan can help some war horses, so that he can quickly send troops over.

Lin Dan Khan didn't think much about it, so he promised to give 3,000 war horses to the Black Mountain Village. First, there are a lot of horses in the Chahar Department, which cannot be loaded in the city at all, and then there is a matter of life and death, and there is not much to care about.

The day before Jiannu arrived, a thousand Ming soldiers finally arrived in Guihua City on war horses, led by Li Hongji's subordinate Li Jin, that is, Li Hongji's nephew.

After defeating Lin Dan Khan's army, Huang Taiji did not rush to Guihua City, but sent people to raid the Mongol tribes while cleaning up the battlefield. It was really a thousand-mile attack, the grain and grass carried by the army had been exhausted, and it was urgently needed to be replenished, and the march of two thousand miles, and another battle, was really sleepy and lacking. Of course, the rest of the Jiannu army also gave Lin Dan Khan time to transfer the Chahar people.

When the army drove to the outside of the naturalization city, Huang Taiji did not directly attack the city, but besieged the city on the one hand, and divided his troops to attack and plunder the Mongolian tribes around the naturalization city. However, the cavalry sent reported that they had found the Mongol tribes around, but the tribes were no longer there, and from the traces, these Mongol tribes had migrated westward.

Whether to storm Guihua City or to hunt down the fleeing Chahar tribe, Huang Taiji thought about it and chose the former.

After all, it was winter, and the fleeing Mongol tribes simply could not run far. And Lin Dan Khan is the Great Khan of the Chahar Department, and it is also the Great Khan of all Mongolia in theory, with the blood of the Golden Family, as long as Lin Dan Khan is captured or killed, the Chahar Department will no longer exist, as for those Mongolian tribes who have fled, it can be passed on.

That is to say, as long as Lin Dan Khan is killed, there will be no tribe in the entire Monan, the most fertile steppe on the Mongolian Plateau, to resist the Manchurian Eight Banners. As for the remaining Moxi and Mobei Mongolia, sooner or later they will be able to subdue.

After thinking about it, Huang Taiji ordered the siege of Guihua City. 30,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners surrounded the city on all sides and began to dig trenches to besiege the city. The trench is three zhang wide and one zhang deep, half a mile away from the city wall, and the speed cannot run at all, and the war horses cannot jump over at all.

The purpose of digging the trench was to force Lin Dan Khan to give up defending the city and break through, and if he didn't break through, he would be trapped in the city. For Lin Dan Khan, Huang Taiji is already inevitable.

However, until the trench was dug and the Mongol soldiers were not seen coming out of the city, Huang Taiji knew that Lin Dan Khan was bent on defending the city.

Although he didn't know how Lin Dan Khan had the confidence to defend Naturalization City, Huang Taiji didn't care. After fighting with the Ming Dynasty for so many years, the Eight Banners soldiers also attacked the cities of the Ming Dynasty, and they had long had experience in how to attack the city. On the contrary, the Mongols did not fight with the Ming State for many years, and they did not know how to defend the city at all.

A group of cattle and sheep were plundered in the Zhangbei grassland, but they couldn't hold out for too long, and the weather was getting colder and colder, so Lin Dan Khan had to be dealt with as soon as possible, so that he could hide in the naturalized city for the winter.

While digging trenches, the Eight Banners also cut down a lot of trees on the northern mountain and built 100 ladders, which were enough for the siege.

The siege of the city is still the old routine, and the three thousand Mengbaqi archers are arrayed under the city, throwing arrows at the head of the city to suppress the head of the city.

The Chahar Mongol soldiers in the city also shot arrows downward at the head of the city, and the two sides fired at each other.

Up and down the city wall, arrows came and went, and from time to time someone fell to the ground with an arrow. The Chahar archers, on the other hand, had walls to defend and were condescending, and quickly gained the upper hand in the duel.

Seeing that the Mongols in the city could not be suppressed, Huang Taiji ordered the siege of the city, and more than 1,000 soldiers with eight banners carried a ladder to quickly build on the city wall, and climbed up with a knife. Arrows rained down on the city walls, all of which were blocked by the armor of the Eight Banners. These siege soldiers of the Eight Banners all wore chain mail inside and cotton armor on the outside, and the two layers of armor could not be pierced even by the Mongol strong bow.

The Mongols were really not good at defending the city, and they didn't even prepare the gold needles used to defend the city, except for bows and arrows, which were some bricks and stones that were hastily moved.

Seeing the Eight Banners climbing up, the Mongolian soldiers threw the stones down, many of the Eight Banners were smashed down the ladder by the stones, but more Eight Banners climbed up against the falling bricks and stones.

Finally, the Eight Banners soldiers climbed to the top of the city, carrying the Mongolian swords cut by the Mongols, and killed the Mongols on the city wall.

The armor on these Eight Banners soldiers cannot be cut through by Mongolian knives at all, unless they are stabbed with spears, and Mongolian soldiers are used to riding and shooting, so they have no infantry at all, and they are mostly equipped with knives and arrows, and they don't even have too many spears.

For a time, the Mongols on the city wall were defeated and retreated by the Eight Banners soldiers who ascended the city, and more Eight Banners soldiers climbed the city wall along the ladder.

Under the city, looking at this scene, Huang Taiji smiled with satisfaction, in front of the battle-hardened Eight Banners, this naturalized city is really not enough to see, and it is conceivable to break the city in one day.

However, before the smile fell, suddenly there was a succession of firecrackers coming from the city wall, Huang Taiji's face suddenly changed, where did the Mongolians get the firecrackers, and there are still a lot of sounds!

In order to facilitate the command, half a mile away from the city wall, a high platform was built to ascend with the city wall, and at this moment Huang Taiji stood on the high platform and looked at the city wall.

He saw hundreds of Ming troops appear on the city walls, with shield-bearers in the front row and rows of fire-gunned soldiers behind the shield-bearers. With each firing of the firecrackers, white smoke came out, and as the white smoke appeared, a soldier of the Eight Banners on the city wall was shot to the ground. The city wall is very narrow, unobstructed, in the face of the Ming army protected by shields, the Eight Banners who ascended the city have no way at all, neither can they kill the firecrackers, nor can they dodge, and the two layers of armor on their bodies cannot block the shooting of the firecrackers.

A thousand Ming soldiers hid in the arrow towers and watchtowers on the city wall, and suddenly appeared at a critical moment, and sure enough, they caught Jiannu off guard. The shield bearers of the firecrackers skillfully cooperated, and with the Mongolian soldiers pinning them down, they quickly shot out all the Eight Banners soldiers who had climbed the city wall.

The appearance of the Ming army made Huang Taiji realize that something was wrong, and he quickly ordered to stop the siege. At this time, more than 200 Eight Banners soldiers were shot and killed, and they were all the most elite Eight Banners veterans.

Why did the Ming army appear in Guihua City, and how many Ming troops were in the city?

Huang Taiji was shocked and angry. Before he figured out the details of the Ming army, he could no longer order the siege of the city.

Compared with the Mongols who did not know how to defend the city, the Ming army was too good at defending the city. The Ming army helped the Mongols, and it is not known how many troops they will lose if they want to take the city of Guihua.

A large number of sentinels were sent to arrest the Mongols for interrogation, and Huang Taiji quickly figured out that the Ming troops in the city came from the Black Mountain Village, which was 300 miles to the west, and there were more Ming troops in the Black Mountain Village.

The stupid Lin Dan Khan actually lured the wolf into the house and summoned the Ming people to the grassland, and even allowed the Ming people to build a city on the grassland!

Although the Ming army in the naturalized city was only 1,000 people, there was a Ming army and no Ming army was completely different, because the Ming army was very good at defending the city, so it could naturally instruct Lin Dan Khan how to defend it. This naturalization city can't be defeated!

Although Huang Taiji still had 30,000 troops in his hands, the number of Mongols and Ming troops in the city combined was not less than his own. With the same number, I don't know how many casualties will be killed if I want to take Naturalization City.