Winter goes to spring, and time comes to the spring of Chongzhen's 24th year.

The snow covering the grasslands has not yet melted, but the air currents blowing over the Sea of Juyan are much warmer, which also indicates that real spring is coming.

For the tribes of the steppe, spring is important.

The grass sprouts in the spring, the ewes lay lambs in the spring, the mares give birth to foals in the spring, and even the women mostly give birth to their young in the spring.

It's a season full of life and hope.

But in the Sangar Khan's tent on the west bank of the Juyan Sea, the atmosphere seems to be a little unpleasant.

"It's just a matter of borrowing 100,000 sheep, 10,000 cows, and 5,000 horses from the Tumut Ministry, but it's not that you don't pay it back, don't you want to?"

There was a look of displeasure on Sangar's face.

Just now, he was still talking sweetly under my crotch, saying that he would listen to me no matter how big or small, but as a result, he immediately turned his face and denied it, and the matter of borrowing cattle, sheep and horses had to be discussed again.

Isn't it your mother and son who have the final say?

What is this point of cattle, sheep and horses, and it still needs to be discussed?

"Great Khan, hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses are really not a small number."

Bumu Butai controlled her emotions very well, not letting her face show a look of disdain, but in her heart she had already judged Sangar.

This is the least capable of all her men, no matter which aspect.

After a pause, Bumu Butai said again: "What's more, the days on the left and right wings of Tumut this year are not easy, the year before last lost too many men in the Battle of Bali Bridge, and last year was hit by a snowstorm, if you take out more than 100,000 cattle, sheep and horses at once, I am afraid that many old and young women and children will starve to death this spring." ”

What worries Bumu Butai the most is that the Tumut River is no longer safe.

Datong had been recaptured by the Ming army, and this news had been confirmed by the Jin merchants.

After the Ming army recaptured Datong Town, it could directly launch an attack on the Tumut River.

At this time, it was still difficult for the left and right flanks of the Tumut Department to protect themselves, and where could they have the ability to support the Dzungar Department? Bumu Butai hadn't opened his mouth to Sangar to ask for cattle and sheep, but he did open his mouth first.

"In this way, when the Tumut Department is attacked by the Ming army, don't think about the Oirat troops to support."

Sangar really doesn't have the strength of a man at all, and at this time, he still thinks about threatening his woman, and he doesn't want to think about it, if the Ming army really swallows Tumut, it will be his turn next.

Well, Sangar actually just wants to get over it.

But there are some things that you really can't say, and if you say them, you may really have an accident.

As soon as Sangar's voice fell, a personal guard came in to report: "The Great Khan is not good, the Ming dog has been killed!" ”

"Ming Dog?" Sangar exclaimed, confused, "Could you be mistaken? We are Li Chuang's Hetao in the south, Guihua City in the east, and Khalkha in the north. ”

The water and grass in the Juyanhai area are not abundant, but Sangar still sets up his tooth tent here.

The reason is very simple, that is, because of security, if the Ming army wants to attack Juyanhai, it has to cross the territory of other forces.

However, after the beginning of winter, the trade routes on the steppe were cut off, and the transmission of information was interrupted, so until now, the two males and mothers of Sangar and Bumubutai did not know that the puppet Shun had been destroyed long ago, and the puppet Shun army stationed in the Hetao had also been defeated, and the two males and mothers did not know that the Ming army had destroyed the three Khalkha tribes last winter.

Bumu Butai's face was slightly cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Maybe it's the Khalkha three joint forces attacking." ”

Bumu Butai also felt that the Ming army could not pass, and it could only be the three Khalkha divisions with wolf ambitions.

"It's not the Khalkha III." The captain of the guard shook his hand again and again, "These Ming dogs are all wearing red battle jackets, cotton armor and daqi of the same color, and their big custodles are also embroidered with the sun and moon diagrams. ”

"The sun and moon are embroidered on the big silk? That's really a clear dog. ”

"Damn, how did Minggou get through the territory of the Khalkha Third Division?"

Sangar's face completely collapsed, but a huge question mark floated in his mind.

Bu Mu Butai was also pretty, but he had already made a decision in just a few seconds.

"Great Khan, now is not the time to say this." Bumu Butai said in a deep voice, "The top priority is to quickly ask Zhuot Babaturtaiji to gather the escort army of the Dzungar Department and go to meet the Ming army. ”

"At all costs, we must stop this Ming army no matter what."

"If this Ming army is allowed to kill Juyanhai, our Tumut Department and Dzungar Department will suffer heavy losses."

After a pause, Bumu Butai said again: "Once the Tumut Department and the Dzungar Department suffer heavy losses, the Great Khan, you will lose your foundation in the grassland. ”

"Shut up, you don't need to say it." A look of embarrassment crossed Sangar's face, and it was embarrassing that such a thing should be reminded by a woman.

After a pause, he said, "Let Shanba and Ombu Chuhur also gather all the clansmen. ”

The two wings of the Tumut tribe also spent the winter in Juyanhai last winter, and to be more precise, after sending Bumu Butai to Juyanhai and Sangar to complete their surnames, the two tribes stayed in Juyanhai for the winter.

I originally planned to return to Tumut River after the beginning of spring, but I didn't expect to meet the Ming army.

Now that the Ming army is attacking, it is also the proper meaning of the question to gather the herdsmen on both sides of Tumut to meet the enemy.

Bumu Butai immediately ordered Bayala, who was guarding outside the tent, to take the golden arrow and give orders to Shanba and Ombu Chuhuer.

Sangar was also dressed under the escort of the maid, and went to gather the cavalry of the Dzungar tribe with Zhuot Babatur, who was the eldest son of Taiji Baturhun of the Dzungar department.

Seeing Sangar leave, Bumubutai ordered another Bayala to call Yabulan.

"The slave Yabran greets the Queen Mother." Yabulan greeted Bumu Butai with one hand and forked the ground according to Manchu etiquette.

"Excuse me." Bu Mu Butai shook his hand and said, "Has the three hundred bayalas with the yellow flag been fully assembled?" ”

"Empress Dowager Qi, the whole assembly has been completed." Yabran said proudly, "You can go to the battlefield at any time to fight to the death with Ming Gou." ”

"Not on the battlefield." Bumu Butai's eyes flashed with darkness, and he shook his head and said, "The mourning family ordered you to quickly escort the emperor to Jinshan (now Altai Mountain) for temporary refuge. ”

"Huh?" Yabran was stunned and said, "What about you, Queen Mother?" ”

"The mourning family can't go with the emperor this time." Bumu Butai sighed lightly and said, "If the mourning family follows the emperor and leaves, I am afraid that the Tumut Department will collapse in an instant." ”

Yabran was silent, but said in his heart, not afraid, but sure.

If the emperor and the queen mother are gone, Tumut's left and right wings will collapse in an instant.

Today's foreign Mongolia is no longer the foreign Mongolia of the past, and loyalty and cohesion are not as good as before.

After a pause for a few seconds, Bu Mu Butai said secretly: "If the battle of Juyanhai is won by the Qing Dynasty, it will not be too late for you to protect the emperor and come back, if you lose, if you lose......

Speaking of this, Bumu Butai actually became a little choked.

In the end, it was the mother-son connection, the meat that fell from her body.

Today's parting may be the eternal separation of yin and yang.

Bumu Butai took out a yellow silk burden from the brocade box.

But after thinking about it, he put Huang Aya's burden back into the brocade box.

"If you lose, don't stay, protect the emperor and go west."

"Go find a suitable place and let the emperor be an ordinary person."

Yabran turned over and bowed down again, and said miserably: "Queen Mother, it's not like this." ”

"General Yabran, this is the last edict given to you by the mourning family, act according to the order." After speaking, Bu Mu Butai left the square-topped tent with a few palace maids, and when he arrived outside the tent, he turned over and got on his horse.

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"Woo woo woo ......"

"Winter Winter ......"

The sound of bull horns and the fierce war drums are rising into the sky.

Through the field of vision of binoculars, you can already clearly see the vast Juyan Sea, as well as the Mongolian cavalry spread out like a carpet on the north shore of the Juyan Sea.

There are about twenty or thirty thousand cavalry like this, well, there are not as many cavalry as the Ming army.

The Ming army used three cavalry divisions this time, with nearly 60,000 cavalry.

The cavalry was 60,000, but the horses they carried were as many as 180,000.

And this is just one of the cavalry, if nothing else, there are three other cavalry divisions in the south of Juyanhai that are rushing north day and night, Li Yan's department.

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Li Yan's department is not as spacious as Zhu Cijiong's department.

Including Zhu Cijiong, the senior generals of the Ming army all looked very relaxed.

There is no suspense this time, the Ming army even has an advantage in numbers, how can the Mongols fight them? In the words of King Ding, it is difficult to lose.

The only thing that worries people is that the Mongol cavalry will flee.

But from the current point of view, it seems that the other party has no intention of escaping.

"King Ding, the Mongolian cavalry didn't plan to run." Xu Wuniu put down the binoculars and said with a smile, "This is strange." ”

"Actually, there's nothing strange about it." Barth, who grew up on the grassland, pouted and said, "This season the ewes have to give birth to lambs, and the mare have to give birth to foals, so they can't go at all." ”

The Mongols can run away, but the lambs, foals, and ewe mares that have just given birth cannot.

Without these lambs, foals and ewe mares, the Mongolian tribe has lost its future.

Zhu Cijiong didn't pay attention to the two of them at all, and pulled out a short gun from his waist and shouted: "Order, the 4th Cavalry Division will stay as a horse stake, and the 5th Cavalry Division and the 6th Cavalry Division will all dismount." ”

"The king has an order, and the 4th division is used as a horse stake."

"The 5th Cavalry Division and the 6th Cavalry Division all dismounted."

The order was given, and the 60,000 Ming cavalry quickly divided into three groups.

About two-thirds of the cavalry dismounted and began to line up in a huge two-line formation.

The remaining one-third of the cavalry gathered all the horses and formed a hollow phalanx, and some of the cavalry even unloaded the parts of the mountain cannon from their horses and began to assemble.

Before thinking about victory, first thinking about defeat, it has been written into the Ming army's code.

Therefore, before each battle, it is necessary to set up camp or form a formation.