Khalkha Mongolia is a typical person with a big food addiction.

Historically, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was about to unify China, the Khalkha not only plundered in Hulunbuir and Xilin Gol, but even dared to cross the southern remnants of the Great Khing'an Mountains and run to the territory of the Bahrain Department to rob the population and livestock. It's tantamount to under the Manchu nose!

Dolgon was busy attacking Nanming at that time, and he had no time to use troops against the grassland, so he could only reprimand and order the Khalkha to quickly return the plundered people and animals. The Khalkha superficially obeyed, offering ten camels and a hundred war horses, and did not say a word about the people and animals that were plundered. The Manchus had no choice but to pinch their noses and admit it.

After that, Shunzhi was pro-government and canonized the Khalkha ministries.

The Khalkha were willing to accept the canonization and submit to the Manchus, and then they should plunder or continue to plunder, completely ignoring the Manchu suzerain. It was not until the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi that the Kaldan power rose and beat the Khalkha to the full, and the Khalkha Mongols really surrendered to the Manchu Qing (they were robbed too hard by the Kaldan and even had enough food to eat, so they came to ask the Manchus to give food to save their lives).

"Report!"

"The main Khalkha force went north and did not flee from the west!"

Zhang Tieniu carefully checked the map, twisted his neck and said, "This is to lure us out, lengthen our army's supply line, and then find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle." ”

Li Dingguo smiled: "He walks his, I go mine." No matter how the Khalkha army pulls north, we will slowly go north, blocking all the passages in the remaining veins of the Great Khing'an Mountains. When the time comes, they will have no way back to Mobei. Just close the door and hit the dog! ”

Zhang Tieniu said: "There are several passages, and if they are all blocked, they will be divided, and they will be easily broken by the enemy. ”

Li Dingguo said: "So don't worry, go north slowly, step by step." While marching, wait for the friendly forces of Liaoning to come and converge. After a long time, the friendly troops in Shanxi can also come over. ”

"What if the march is too slow like this, and the enemy runs away?" Zhang Tieniu asked.

Li Dingguo said: "If you want to run, you will run a long time ago, will you wait until now?" The Khalkha chieftain is also thinking of fighting with us. ”

Zhang Tieniu was very puzzled: "The commander of the enemy army, why did he stay and refuse to leave after grabbing so many things?" Does he really think he can defeat my Datong army? The Khalkha army is not superior, the ordnance and equipment are not superior, the foothold in the Horqin steppe is unstable, the time and place are favorable, and the people do not occupy anything, why should he fight a decisive battle with us? Just because he has more cavalry? ”

Li Dingguo couldn't explain it, so he could only say, "I don't know either." ”

……

Chahu Dorji is just doing his best, relying on the porcelain Datong army to enhance his prestige.

It took time for the Mongol tribes to gather troops, and it took even more time for the Han people to go on expeditions, especially to transfer grain and grass from the south of Yanshan.

In Chahun Dorji, when the Han people mobilized troops and transported enough food, it was already snowing in the month. He could fight and retreat at the same time, stretch the supply line of the Han people, and wait until the weather was cold to wipe out the tired and frozen Han soldiers. Even if the Han soldiers retreated in advance, he could say that he had won the battle, thus gaining a firm foothold in the Horqin grassland.

"Why hasn't the Bahraini army come yet?"

On the way to retreat north, Chahun Dorji was very unhappy. said that they would act together, but the Bahrain Ministry actually missed the appointment.

The left and right banners of the Bahrain Ministry have been moved to the edge of the Xilin Gol grassland. A hundred years ago, this was their territory, but they had to move eastward by Chahar, and now they have been moved back by Chahun Dorji.

The reason for the Bahrain tribe's failure was simple, they encountered the remnants of Horqin who crossed the Khing'an Mountains bypass and headed south.

Hongol had already died of illness on the way, and many soldiers also died in the Great Khing'an Mountains. There were also a large number of tribal cavalry, who did not go with them, but chose to take refuge in the Khalkha Mongols. Today, only Manzhu Xili led more than 6,000 cavalry, all the way south to the edge of the Xilin Gol grassland.

"There is a Korqin cavalry in the north!"

"Brother, what should I do?"

"What else can I do? Run! ”

The two people who spoke were Sebuteng, the leader of the Bahraini Right Banner, and Manzhu Xili, the leader of the Bahraini Left Banner.

Yes, the leader of the remnants of Horqin is called Manzhu Xili, and the leader of the Left Banner of Bahrain is also called Manzhu Xili.

While the brothers were talking, a Mongolian prince holding a folding fan suddenly spoke: "If you escape, you must escape, where to escape?" I think we should go to the Han Chinese. ”

This person's name is Wen Chun, and he is the nephew of Sebuteng and Manzhu Xili.

Wen Chun had been familiar with the Confucian classics since he was a child, and according to the order of succession, he should have been in charge of the Left Banner of Bahrain. But he voluntarily refused, believing that he was too young and should give up power to his uncle.

Sebuteng said: "The Han people are unreliable. ”

Wen Chun shook the folding fan and said, "Dare to ask the two uncles, are the Mongols and Jurchens reliable?" At least the Han people still abide by etiquette and dare not break their promises too much. Take Badali as an example, after he defected to the Han Chinese, how much armor and food did he get? Our pasture is next to the Han people, and we should take refuge in the Han people. In exchange for the trust of the Han emperor, I can take my wife and children to Nanjing as a hostage. ”

Manzhu Xili complained: "I think you want to go to Nanjing and enjoy the world of Han flowers." You read the books of the Han people, and you read all the stupid brains! ”

Wen Chun smiled and said nothing, and didn't explain anything.

After thinking about it, Sebuteng said: "That's it, leave immediately, and move the clan to join the Han people!" ”

The Bahrain Department is located in an awkward location, in the most accessible mountainous area in the southern part of the Great Khingan Mountains. Whether it is Korqin going out, or Chahar and Khalkha coming in, or Jizhen Ming Army fighting, the most convenient and fast way is to kill through the territory of the Bahrain Department.

As a result, in recent decades, the Bahrain Ministry has been repeatedly ravaged by various forces.

first opened the scoop with Li Chengliang, and the patriarch of the Bahrain tribe died.

chose to take refuge in Nurhachi, but because he secretly flattered Daming, he was beaten by Nurhachi's soldiers.

Then, Chahar also came to bully, and the Bahrain Department could only take refuge in Korqin.

was oppressed too hard by Korqin, and ran back to take refuge in the Houjin Tartars. This time it was finally time to operate, because of the hard work of the war, Huang Taiji was very happy, and he also married his goddaughter to the patriarch of the Bahrain tribe. In fact, it is to support the Bahrain Ministry and use it to balance the Horqin Ministry, and the territory of the Bahrain Ministry has expanded rapidly, far exceeding the Bahrain Left Banner and the Bahrain Right Banner hundreds of years later.

Not long after the good days, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was finished again, and the Bahrain Department declined again, being attacked by Chahar, Korqin, and Khalkha in turn, and now more than half of the territory has been lost.

When Zhang Tieniu and Li Dingguo led their troops north to block the most convenient passage in the southern part of the Daxing'an Mountains, the Bahrain Ministry finally came to take refuge.

And the appearance is quite miserable, most of the old and weak women and children in the clan were killed by the Horqin raid. Now there are only more than 2,000 garbage cavalry left, and their armor and weapons are seriously insufficient, and their combat effectiveness is estimated to be similar to that of horse bandits. The few people and livestock were still the spoils of war distributed to them by Chahun Dorji.

"Sin General Sebuteng (Manzhu Xili, Wen Chun), meet the general of the Celestial Empire!"

The three uncles and nephews knelt down after dismounting, and their father and grandfather repeatedly jumped sideways between various forces, and the genes that had already been passed down have been handed down.

Whoever is strong will take refuge in whomever he wants, anyway, it is not the first time to take refuge in the Han people.

Back then, Li Chengliang killed the Bahrain tribal patriarch Subahai, and Subahai's son shouted to avenge his father, while quietly trying to defect to the Ming border army - you killed my father, you are so awesome. Grandpa, I'll be your grandson!

A group of people called Hanako came to vote, Zhang Tieniu was very satisfied, and felt that these guys could be used.

Zhang Tieniu personally helped Sebuteng up: "The three of them are loyal and righteous people, as long as they are sincerely attached, my Datong court will definitely not treat them lightly!" ”

"I am willing to die for His Majesty the Emperor!"

The uncle and nephew hurriedly expressed their position.

"Dadada!"

A fast horse galloped over, and the spy sat on his horse and shouted: "Dudu, there are thousands of Horqin cavalry from the west, saying that they have come to join my Datong Heavenly Dynasty." ”

"Good, good, the more, the merrier!"

Zhang Tieniu doesn't have many idioms, Han Xin points soldiers, the more the merrier, he still knows this word.

An hour later, the Horqin cavalry, which had pursued and killed the Bahrain Division, also rushed to the garrison of the Datong Army. Manzhu Xili rode into the camp alone, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The sin will be full of Zhuxi, meet the Governor of the Heavenly Empire!" ”

The two full beads finally met together.

Even if there are no other grievances, just the same name, it is estimated that the two of them will not be used to each other.

Zhang Tieniu asked, "How are you fighting in the north?" ”

Manzhu Xili from Horqin said with a look of grievance: "Please send troops to rescue my tribesmen, and my tribe will be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor for generations!" ”

"Don't worry, you will be saved." Zhang Tieniu agreed.

After being rescued, what to do with it is another story.

The pastures were disrupted, and ten guards were set up in division. There will be no leader who can gather more than 3,000 troops, unless they also organize ordinary herdsmen into cavalry.

The territory of the Han people will continue to expand to the north, at least the territory of the Bahrain Department must be in the hands of the Han people, which is a strategic place!

In this way, a battle was not fought, but only a two-hundred-mile march to the north, and Zhang Tieniu's troops increased again.

The equipment of the Bahrain cavalry is so bad that there is no combat effectiveness at all, Zhang Tieniu said when assigning the task: "You all go out to investigate, you don't have to entangle when you encounter the enemy, as long as you can detect the enemy's situation, it will be considered meritorious." ”

Sebuteng said: "General, the warriors of the Bahrain Division, can also fight. Please ask the general to lend the extra armor to our men for the time being. ”

Zhang Tieniu raised his hand and said, "No need, you better be a sentry horse." ”

Manzhu Xili from Horqin said: "Our department can attack the main attack, and we must fight bravely to kill the enemy!" ”

"Very good, you will follow me, and it will be useful when you fight." Zhang Tieniu agreed with this, after all, the people, animals and goods of Horqin were all robbed by the Khalkha, and they would definitely fight hard when they fought.

The Datong army continued to slowly move north, and a few days later, the friendly forces of Liaoning, which were advancing close to the remaining veins of Yanshan, rushed to converge under the leadership of Li Zheng.

Zhang Tieniu, Li Zheng and others are not like they are here to chase the enemy.

At each key location, 10,000 men were left to garrison, cut down trees in the mountains to build camps, and dug trenches on all sides to prepare for long-term defense. They didn't pay attention to the main Khalkha force at all, and only wanted to block the Khalkha army, so that Chahun Dorji could not lead the army back to Mobei.

Chahun Dorji, who wanted to lure the enemy deep and lengthen the supply line of the same army, was furious by Zhang Tieniu's approach.

"This is to look down on me, and even divide troops along the way. Let them continue to divide their troops, and when they are done, we will kill them back! Also, send 10,000 cavalry to the south to cut off the grain route of the Han soldiers! ”

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