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This is the first stop of Horqin's eastward migration a hundred years ago. The tribes that continued to migrate eastward were collectively known as the "Nen Korqin", the most widely known Korqin tribe. And those who stayed here and did not leave are called "Alu Korqin".

The Khalkha Mongol army of 100,000 was killed, and the Weng Niu special department was so frightened that they hurriedly fled to join the Datong army.

The next to be attacked was the Alu Korqin Division. There were only about 2,000 cavalry left in this unit, and they fled from a long distance, taking their livestock with them to seek the reception of the Nen Korqin tribe.

"The Great Khan, the 1,500 horsemen of the Zarut Division, are coming to converge, and they are miles to the north."

"Good students receive them."

"Waqi Tushetu Khan, who has both faith and strength", Chahun Dorji, is holding a military meeting in the Khan's tent at the moment: "The Mongol tribes here have lost the martial courage of the Golden Family. Alu Korqin and Weng Niute will only run away when they encounter us. It seems that conquering the entire Horqin steppe is a very easy task. According to the Ministry of Bahrain, Badaali, the central banner of the right wing of Horqin, was ostracized by the leaders of the Horqin tribes. If we hit Badaali first, this person would be better off if he is alone......"

"No," Morgan interrupted suddenly, "Badali will only be ostracized by the Horqin tribes because he has taken refuge in the Han Emperor. When we attack Badalee, the Han Datong army will definitely send troops to the rescue. The Han soldiers were so powerful that even the Manchurian Jurchens were wiped out by them. ”

Chahun Dorji's face was ugly, and when he was interrupted to speak, he thought that his authority was being challenged, and immediately sneered: "How strong can the Han soldiers be?" The various Mongolian tribes were so weak by the Jurchens that the Han soldiers did not dare to go north in recent years. The Han soldiers did not dare to fight the southern Mongolia, but after we came, we easily captured one grassland after another. In this comparison, our Khalkha warriors can completely defeat the Han soldiers! ”

Another Khalkha leader, Darhan, said relatively tactfully: "Great Khan, although we are stronger than the Han soldiers, the Horqin tribes have not been destroyed, and there is no need to provoke the Han people in advance." Push them into a hurry, in case Horqin and the Han people unite, don't we have many more enemies for no reason? ”

The current situation is delicate, with Korqin sandwiched between the Khalkha and Datong armies.

The Khalkha were afraid that Korqin would fall to the Datong army, and the Datong army was also afraid that Korqin would fall to Khalkha. However, both the Datong Army and the Khalkha want to send troops to Korqin!

Lama Tenzin who accompanied the army said: "Korqin and we are both Mongols, and we do not necessarily have to be conquered by force. The Great Khan could be more lenient and promised to protect the interests of the chiefs of the Horqin tribes as long as they were willing to submit. But there is one premise, that the Horqin tribes must abandon their shamanism. ”

Murgen chimed in: "Yes, if you abandon shamanism, you will allow Korqin to surrender!" ”

Chahudorji was succeeded to the throne only last year by his father, and although he had been leading troops before, he now also needed to consolidate his authority with military exploits. He held the hilt of his sword and said, "The Horqin tribes will not surrender easily, everything will be fought later." If you don't beat them hard, even if you surrender today, you will rebel tomorrow. Since you are against it, then don't fight Badali first, and go directly to the most fertile grassland (Tongliao) in Horqin! ”

Morgen was still afraid of the Datong army, and reminded: "The Great Khan, the father of the Great Khan last year, has sent an envoy south to ask for the canonization of the Han emperor, but he was called back halfway. Now that the big war is about to break out, in order to avoid the Han soldiers getting involved, you can send an envoy south again......"

"Nonsense! Am I afraid of the Han Chinese? I want to be the Great Khan of all Mongolia, and sooner or later I will have to fight a decisive battle with the Han Chinese! Chahun Dorji was furious.

Darhan hurriedly played a round: "Great Khan, Murgen is not afraid of the Han people, but is using a ploy. The envoys sent out did not need to go to Nanjing, but only needed to contact the Han generals. We declared that we would submit to the Han emperor, so that we could confuse the Han generals and make them hesitate not to send troops for a short time. When Horqin is annexed, it is not too late to turn around when the time comes. ”

Chahun Dorji was slightly receptive to this statement, and nodded approvingly: "It is indeed a good plan. ”

Immediately, the Khalkha Mongol envoy went south and went to Hebei to fool Zhang Tieniu, delaying time under the guise of asking for submission.

At the same time, the Khalkha army continued to advance eastward.

In addition to the soldiers of the Seven Khalkha Divisions, there were many warriors of the conquered tribes. For example, in the Hulunbuir steppe, there is also an Alu Korqin, which was annexed by Khalkha two years ago. Another example is the Xilin Gol steppe, where the Chahar Mongol branch has also been conquered by Khalkha. There are also the Bahrain Ministry and the Zarut Department, all of which sent troops to follow the battle.

The combined strength of the various units has exceeded 100,000 people, plus the livestock accompanying the army, which can be called magnificent when marching on the grassland.

Mongolia is really in decline, and the Khalkha Ministry has worked hard to gather 100,000 cavalry. A hundred years ago, Altan Khan, who alone occupied the Hetao, was able to pull out 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight.

When the army marched to the Tongliao area, they only saw the rich grasslands, and even farmland in the river valleys, but they couldn't see the shadow of the Horqin Division.

The Horqin tribes have declined so much that even counting the twelve or thirteen-year-old children, they can only gather twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses. How dare they go head-to-head with the Khalkha army of 100,000? I had already run away with livestock and food, ready to lure the enemy deeper.

Chahun Dorji ordered: "100,000 troops, divided into two routes. Sweep the grasslands along the way and look for the main force of Horqin! ”

The population and livestock of the Horqin tribes also retreated in two ways. All the way to the hilly area of the Hung Yen League, all the way to the north bank of the upper reaches of the Nen River. These guys chose to run north, while avoiding Khalkha, and staying away from the Datong Army station, not worrying about being attacked by the Datong Army, but also looking forward to the Datong Army fighting with the Khalkha.

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Horqin Right Wing Central Banner, by the Huolin River.

This river, which originates from the remnants of the Great Khing'an Mountains, not only flows out of the rich grassland, but also flows out of patches of farmland.

Most of the farmland is cultivated by Han Chinese, and some Mongolians have also learned to farm for more than 100 years.

After Badali defected to the Datong army, although it was far away, he still gained support. Food support was still second, and the Datong army even sent 500 pairs of cotton armor, 2,000 pairs of leather armor, and 2,000 waist knives, and the combat effectiveness of Badali's army was greatly increased.

And the reward he gave was to fight with the tribe of Horqin. At the same time, the Han slaves who followed the Manchus must all be given freedom, and they are no longer allowed to keep Han people as slaves!

Badali's approach was that there were many casualties among the young and strong under his command anyway, so he simply selected relatively strong Han slaves and intermarried with the Mongolian widows in the clan. The widow's livestock and land property were inherited by the Han husband, but the Han husband had to change his Mongolian name. The rest of the weak Han Chinese slaves were freed as freemen and worked for the Mongol nobles to farm or herd cattle to earn money.

This approach is already very progressive.

After all, not everyone can treat the Han people equally like Altan Khan, and even caused the Ming border army and the people to climb over the Great Wall to take refuge.

"Noyan (lord, monarch), there is wolf smoke in the northeast!"

"Gather your troops to fight!"

Badali blew the trumpet to gather the cavalry, and the troops on both sides of the Huolin River came to join them on their horses. Among them, there were nearly 1,000 people, who were actually Han people who married Mongolian widows.

A large number of serfs were released, and the Datong army supported food and armor, causing Badali's military strength to soar. In the face of siege, not only did he lose the upper hand, but even expanded some territory, and he had a cavalry force of 6,000 men.

"Dada-da-da!"

Badali led his men and men, and soon collided with the enemy's vanguard.

The two sides stopped at a long distance, and rode a fast horse to negotiate: "We are not here to be an enemy of your department, please let us pass through here, the Khalkha Mongols are our common enemy!" ”

Hearing this, Badali immediately laughed, and understood what these guys had in mind.

The Khalkha army of 100,000 pursued to the east. The main forces of the Korqin tribes went around in a large circle from the northwest and penetrated directly into the Zalut division, which had already been subordinated to Khalkha.

Badali said, "If you want to go over, when you come back, I will collect a thousand sheep for the road gold." ”

"Yes!" The other party readily agreed.

After the vanguard passed, the follow-up troops also arrived quickly, adding up to more than 20,000 cavalry. However, the equipment was very bad, most of the cavalry was not armoured, and there were many old people and children - due to the years of conquest, the young men of the Horqin tribe suffered heavy casualties.

More than 20,000 Korqin cavalry, taking advantage of the territory of Badali, quickly attacked the grassland of the Zalut Division.

Most of the young and strong people in the Zalut Department followed the Khalkha Crusade, and those who stayed were basically old and weak, women and children. In the face of more than 20,000 Korqin cavalry, they had no power to parry, and those who could ride horses fled to the mountains to the west.

"Run!"

"Kill not one of them, kill them all!"

The Horqin cavalry fought a rush battle, and they really didn't need to be captured, and they would cut them down when they saw a living person.

Raiding the nest of the Zalut Division, the Korqin cavalry continued to move forward, and then went to raid the Left and Right Banners of Bahrain. Along the way, the old and weak women and children were cut and killed, and the stolen livestock crossed the remaining veins of the Daxing'an Mountains, and actually went straight to the Xilin Gol grassland.

In this way, not only did the Khalkha who returned to the army pounce on the air, but also failed to receive the toll of Badali.

Immediately, the Horqin cavalry turned north and returned from the Xing'an League area through the river valley.

Chahudorji led his army to chase all the way, only to see the looted Zarut and Bahrain departments, and even Xilin Gol was robbed of two pastures.

"Bastard, how dare you tease me like this!"

Chahun Dorji led the army to chase after him, and he was dumbfounded when he chased into the mountainous area of the Xing'an League. Several river valley passages were actually built with earthen walls, and the Khalkha cavalry had to all dismount to "attack the city".

"Cut down trees, build ladders, I'm going to level here!"

Chahun Dorji didn't care about the casualties, he just wanted to let out a bad breath.

The earthen wall is not very high, only two meters in appearance, but the Khalkha Mongols are really not good at siege warfare. And no matter how large they were, they could not be spread out in the valley area, and the surplus soldiers could only stand far away and throw bows and arrows at the side of the earthen wall.

Inside and outside the earthen walls, arrows flew all over the sky, and on the first day of fighting, hundreds of Khalkha soldiers were killed and wounded.

As the defender, the Horqin army faced an equally difficult situation.

"Great Khan, Great Khan, no!"

"Say!"

"We withdrew to the troops on the north bank of the Nenjiang River, and tens of thousands of Khalkha soldiers chased after us. The men are continuing their retreat north, but sooner or later they will be overtaken by the enemy. ”

The evacuation of a large number of people with all their belongings will leave traces on the grassland, and it is difficult to remove the imprint of vehicles and livestock.

Horqin gathered the main force to attack the enemy's station, and the Khalkha was also dividing his troops to pursue the Horqin troops.

On the north bank of the Nenjiang River, there are Hongguoer's people, and they have all his property.

Hongguoer said anxiously: "We can't get entangled any longer, let in the enemies outside the earthen wall, and lure them into the more dangerous valley to ambush them!" ”

Another day passed, the defenders clearly released water, and the Khalkha attack quickly took effect.

One Khalkha soldier after another, climbed over the earthen wall and chased them out, and the Korqin soldiers were beaten and fled. The Khalkha soldiers carried logs, knocked down several earthen walls, and led their horses through the ruins.

Just as the whole army was about to pursue on horseback, Chahun Dorji looked at the river valley in front of him: "Blow the trumpet, give orders, the whole army is advancing slowly, send many soldiers to explore, don't fall into the enemy's ambush." The enemy army was defeated so badly that it didn't look like it had already broken up. ”

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