"Driving ......"

At the foot of the Yin Mountain......

The winter moon of the fourth year of the Apocalypse was colder than usual, and the messenger of the fire also rode his horse on the snow that had not crossed the horse's hooves.

They crossed the frozen Yellow River and came to the warmer Qiantao area.

Compared with the bitter cold and desertified Hetao, the three places of the front set, the back set, and the west set may be slightly more livable places.

Among them, the most livable area of Ningxia was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and the front set of the Hohhot-Baotou area in the later generations was slightly worse than the back set of the Bayannur area.

But even so, for the nomads who walk on the grassland and graze horses, these two places are still called feng shui treasures.

Among them, especially in the Qiantao area, the whole plain is flat, the climatic conditions are suitable, the soil is fertile, the water source is abundant, and it is rich in wheat and all kinds of vegetables, which is the "rice grain river" in the Hetao area.

Since the rise of the Tumut Department of Ida Khan, these two places were conveniently occupied by the Da Khan, and then the Da Khan negotiated peace with the Ming Dynasty during the Longqing period under the facilitation of the three ladies, and was named the king of Shunyi, and the Tumut Ministry called itself the Ming Jin State.

At this point, the Tumut Department has completely reached its peak, dominating the western part of the southern part of the desert, controlling the two departments of Hetao Ordos and Ningxia Ordos, and occupying the northwest, and the northwest of the Ming Dynasty has also ushered in more than ten years of peace.

It's just that all this began to shatter after the death of Idahan, and then pulled Lik, and the third lady completely collapsed after his death.

The new Shunyi king Bu Lost Rabbit did not have the ability to balance Sunang Taiji, but was driven by Sunang Taiji to the northwest of Yinshan to graze and eat sand.

Immediately afterwards, Ningxia Ordos and Hetaohe Ordos began to raid the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, and Susang continued to maintain tributary relations with the Ming Dynasty because of their greed for mutual markets and the fact that most of the Tumut tribes opposed the use of troops against the Ming Dynasty.

Because of this, the area around Datong and Xuanfu in the late Ming Dynasty was relatively peaceful, but Shaanxi and Hexi were constantly invaded.

Such aggression has also led to the fact that millions of people in Yanbian, the four towns in the northwest, have no way to settle land with peace of mind, and it is also the reason why Shaanxi has such a low level of risk resistance after the severe drought......

It's just that now, everything is about to change, and the messengers of the fire are gradually seeing the people in the distance.

"Stop! Who are you? Don't you know that this is the horse grazing land of Sunantai Ji? ”

When the hundreds of emissaries of Huo Luochi entered the Loop, they were not long found by the soldiers and horses of the Tumut tribe, who stepped forward to stop them, and Caritas Taiji, who was the emissary, also explained:

"We are from the Ordos Department, and we have come to worship Sunang Taiji to discuss the matter of the Ming army's attempt to sweep the trap."

"Let's go." Hearing that it was the Ordos Department who came to worship, the soldiers and horses were released, and at the same time they were monitored to go to Bansheng City, and sent Tang Qi to return to Bansheng City one step in advance.

Caritas was accustomed to this kind of surveillance, and when they traveled more than 50 miles north, what they saw was a "prosperous" picture.

On the plain of the long front set, a group of Han people dressed in Ming Dynasty blue pants and cotton clothes are wandering slowly on the ridges, and around them are hundreds of thousands of acres of fields covered with thin snow.

Such a vast field is difficult for the Mongols of the Ordos Department to see, and all of this is due to the operation of the Tumut Department from the Hada Khan for more than half a century.

They recruited Han Chinese who fled from the northwest of the mountains to cultivate fields, build cities, build canals, and smelt iron for grazing.

At present, there are more than 300,000 people in the entire Tumut tribe, of which Han Chinese account for nearly half of the population.

Caritas and the others looked north along the fields, with the towering Yin Mountain and Daqing Mountain in the distance, and the raised Bansheng Castle a few miles away.

This city, which was built under the auspices of Altan Khan, was actually built by the White Lotus cultists and others who took refuge in Altan Khan, and organized Han craftsmen to construct it.

During this period, the Ming army burned it once, but it was soon built under the construction of Alda Khan, and the Ming army did not stop until I answered the tribute.

The city was large enough for 30,000 people, and most of the people who could enter it were the nobles of the Tumut tribe and their servants.

Looking at this city, some people behind Caritas showed envious expressions, and Caritas had a lot of confidence in resisting the Ming army after seeing the "strong soldiers" of the Tumut Division.

And when they came to the gate of Pansheng and saw the tents stationed on both sides of the gate for miles, and the Tumert soldiers and horses outside the tent sharpening their knives to feed the horses and wipe away the rust of their armor, Caritas' faith was even greater.

He was not afraid that Su Nang would not see him, nor was he afraid that Su Nang would think that the Ming army would not attack the Tumut Department, and he was not afraid that Su Nang would put forward harsh requirements for the Ordos Department.

The only thing he was afraid of was that Su Nang was old and had lost the courage to maintain a long-term confrontation with the Ming army, as well as his vigilance against the Ming army's sweeping operations.

Now it seems that Su Bao is still the one who dares to fight with Bu Lost Rabbit.

Thinking of this, Caritas stepped into the palace of Bansheng City without panic, under the leadership of the general Tumut.

The royal palace of Bansheng City is mainly the White Lotus Sect commanding Han craftsmen, imitating the palaces of some Ming Dynasty vassal kings, but after they are built, the specifications are not as good as the palaces of some county kings.

It is 400 steps long, 280 steps wide, and there are three major halls, the left and right Wuying Palace, the Wenhua Palace, the inner court harem, and the Imperial Horse Field.

Such a county king's mansion, even if it is placed among the many county kings in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, can only be called shabby, but it is the most prosperous palace in the entire southern and northern deserts.

Only for now, Caritas' attention is not on the palace, but on the man who sits on the throne......

He looked up and saw that sitting on the throne was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in the costume of the Great Khan of Mongolia.

This person is the man with the most troops on the Hetao grassland, although he does not have the name of the Great Khan and the King of Shunyi, but he has the fact of the Great Khan and the King of Shunyi.

"Caritas, old man, the last time we saw each other was twenty years ago, right?"

In the main hall, more than 70 lords of various tribes and more than 30 generals of the Subao headquarters gathered together, they watched Caritas, and the Susang who opened his mouth was the voice of the master.

In this regard, Caritas, who had been prepared for a long time, did not get angry, but knelt down and saluted:

"Great Khan, I am here to worship you on behalf of Huoluochi, hoping that you will lead the unity of the Ordos Department against the Ming Dynasty who are trying to invade the Hetao."

A sentence of the Great Khan, the Su Nang said flutteringly, although he has the power and soldiers of the Great Khan, but he has always lost the name.

It is precisely because he does not have the name of Tumut Khan and the name of King Shunyi that he privately resents the Ming Dynasty.

"The Ming Dynasty sent troops to sweep the trap because you plundered Shaanxi, and besides, you haven't come to worship for many years, and now you just want to pull us into the water!"

Suddenly, a man of understanding stood up, and as soon as this man appeared, all the lords looked at him.

This person was the five-way commander of the Tumut subordinate department of Ulut, and he was stationed a hundred miles north of Tianzhen in Shanxi.

It can be said that he is the closest Tumut lord to the Ming Dynasty, and the reason why he stood up is because he has the best relationship with the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing him stand up, Caritas also mocked: "Du'er, I remember that after the peace between Alda Khan and the Ming court, you also led troops to attack Shanxi, right?" Why do you look like a Han lackey now? ”

What the Ming Dynasty said was that in the 33rd year of Wanli, the Fifth Road led Du'er to attack the Ming Border.

However, those who know about this matter know that the original dispatch of Du'er was mainly due to the fact that the Ming Dynasty did not give him a New Year's reward, after all, he was the dragon and tiger general canonized by the Ming Dynasty at that time.

Moreover, at the beginning, Wanli issued an order to reprimand him, and after sending internal money to make up for the New Year's reward, he also set up an altar to repent, and returned all the animals of the Ming Dynasty.

Seven years ago, Su Nang summoned seventy-three lords to force the Ming to recognize his status as the king of Shunyi, but it was also because of his opposition and mediation that he stopped.

Because the Ulut forces under his command accounted for one-tenth of Tumut's, the peace agreement between Tumut and the Ming Dynasty was maintained thanks to his efforts, and Wanli also relied heavily on him.

Even if Wanli and Taichang died, after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he also gave him a New Year's reward as usual, and he also worked hard to maintain the relationship between Tumut and Daming.

However, now that the situation has changed, the news of the Ming Qi King's dispatch of troops has long spread throughout the grassland, and the current situation is in the eyes of the lords of the Tumut tribes, and the five road generals are still protecting the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, when Du'er was made clear, all the lords were displeased, and Caritas laughed and said:

"Put Du'er, I see that you are the old lake, and the Ming Court beat me for the two parts of Ordos, could it be for the Red Salt Pond and the desert? Their real intentions are front and back! ”

"If we don't unite now, when the Ming army crushes us, the Great Khan of Susang can only take the territory to fight with a hundred thousand Ming troops alone."

Caritas's words expressed the intentions of the Ming army, or Zhu Youzhen.

However, his political mind is too simple, and in Zhu Youzhen's plan, the idea of purging the southern and western parts of the desert at one time is not the ultimate strategy.

What he wanted was to take Ningxia and Hetao Ordos first, and then garrison troops in the area of Juyanhai and Hongyanchi.

This is his first strategic goal.

The reason why he was leaving troops to guard against the front and back sets of the Tumut Department was because he made second-hand preparations in order to prevent the Ming army from sending troops, and Su Nang also sent troops to assist the two Ordos departments.

If Su Nang really sent troops, Zhu Youzhen would not mind tearing up the peace agreement in advance, leading the troops to drink Ma Yin Mountain, and recovering the front and back sets.

But if he does not send troops, Zhu Youzhen will also use trade and economic control, and deterrence of soldiers and horses to control Tumut just like he did with the Tubarians and Karaqin.

However, he was very sure that Su Nang would definitely send troops to help the two Ordos divisions, and the Ming army could also use Su Nang's act of tearing up the peace agreement to send troops to recover the Hetao area south of Yinshan.

Such a method, if it is Huang Taiji, or Daishan, or even Nurhachi, can see it, but unfortunately, there is only one person with political vision in the current Mongolian tribes, and this person is still serving as a Taishi in Oirat (Warat).

For Su Nang, who couldn't even play with Lin Dan Khan, he couldn't smell such a political conspiracy at all, so after hearing Caritas's "very reasonable" words, he immediately got up and said:

"Take Du'er, let someone send a letter to Datong to kill the tiger, and tell the so-called King of Qi that the Ordos Department of Hetao and Ningxia is my subordinate."

"From this day forward, I will restrain them and stop the war against the northwest."

"If he still wants to keep the peace between the two countries, he must transfer six garrisons within a month!"

Su Nang's words are very strong, and he also has this confidence, because he has more than 70,000 men under his command, of which more than 40,000 are able.

In other words, he could mobilize these 40,000 iron horsemen to threaten the three towns of Taiyuan, Datong, and Xuanfu in the Ming Dynasty.

These 40,000 people, plus the soldiers and horses of the two Ordos departments, can reach 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses.

With so many soldiers and horses in control, Su Nang's ambition is growing, as if tomorrow he will surpass his grandfather Idahan and become an existence comparable to Dayan Khan.

It's just that his wild hasn't bred more than three breaths, so Du Er directly retorted:

"Su Nang, if we take the initiative to tear our faces with the Ming army, the mutual market will be canceled, and our three divisions will have a maximum of 70,000 or 80,000 people, and we will not be able to defeat the 150,000 soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty."

"Enough!" Su Nang, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly slammed his fist on the armrest on the side, and scolded:

"It is already the norm for the Ming army to lie about the soldiers and horses, they keep saying that there are 150,000 soldiers and horses, and that is only 50,000 at most."

"Now I use 80,000 people to beat him 50,000 people, can't I beat Zhu Youzhen's fifteen or sixteen-year-old doll?!"

"What do you say?" After saying that, Su Nang suddenly pointed at Du'er, and the other lords in the hall also reacted immediately, drawing their swords and pointing at Du'er.

“……”

For a while, there was a deathly silence in the hall, and the commander who was pointed at the knife, as well as several of his generals, also drew their knives, and the two sides were deadlocked.

However, at this time, Su Nang also calmed down after being angry, and he knew that if he killed Du'er or locked him up, then Du'er's sons would definitely take Ulut's soldiers and horses to join the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, he got up with a strong suppression of anger, walked in front of the capital, and said with a gloomy face:

"Go back to Ulut, I will send an envoy to tell Zhu Youzhen what I mean, what you have to do is to monitor the movements of the Ming army in Shanxi for me."

"Or you can choose to decline ......"

"......" looked at Du'er and Su Nang, and everyone looked at them, wondering what would happen to Du'er......

"I got it......"

To everyone's surprise, Du'er did not refute the vegetarian sac, but chose to be soft.

Seeing this, Su Nang also raised his hand to signal everyone to put away the knife, and took Du'er to bring the knife back to the sheath, turned around and pushed away the two Taiji who were blocking him, and then left the big tent with his general.

"Sure enough, it's old......"

When he was leaving, Su Nang looked at his back and laughed at him in his heart, obviously he didn't expect Du'er to be soft.

But now that Du'er has softened, with the pride in his bones, he should not surrender to Daming, and now he only needs to ......

Thinking about it, Su Nang turned to look at Caritas, and then said majestically:

"Tell Huo Luochi that without my news, you must not send troops to clash with the Ming army."

"Obey orders, Great Khan ......" A smile bloomed on Caritas' face, because in his opinion, if the three parts of Mo Nanxi joined forces, the Ming army could only be defeated or succumbed.

When he thought so, he took Du'er and his guards back to the Urut Department overnight.

When he had returned to the Ulut Ministry, and without waiting for him to sit down and rest, his eldest son, Saihan, opened the curtain of the tent and came in with a letter in his hand, saying:

"Abu (father), this is a letter from King Qi."

"So fast?" Hearing Saihan's words, Du'er thought that Zhu Youzhen was angry and questioned his letter after receiving Su Nang's messenger.

Unexpectedly, when he opened the handbook and saw the Mongolian content inside, his expression became strange.

"Abu? What's wrong? Did King Qi say anything? And why did you look so ugly when you came back from Bansheng City this time? ”

Seeing that his father's expression was wrong, Saihan asked curiously, and Du'er also frowned and said:

"The King of Qi asked me to contact the Great Khan of Bu Lost Rabbit, and in addition, during this meeting in Bansheng City, Huo Luochi expressed his willingness to return to Tumut, but he needed Su Nang Taiji to raise troops and let the Ming not invade the Hetao ......"

"How so?" Saihan has Han teachers in the tribe, so he is more open-minded than the Mongols, and his vision is also the same.

Therefore, when he learned about the behavior of the Ordos Ministry, he hurriedly asked, "Su Nang didn't agree, did he?" ”

"He agreed, and asked me to monitor the movements of the Ming army in Shanxi, and he also sent envoys to threaten the king of Qi......" Du Er sat on his chair with a depressed face.

"Was he kicked in the head by a horse? There are 150,000 Ming troops! Saihan glared and said:

"When I went to the mutual market a few days ago, I sent someone to kill the tiger's mouth to take a look, and there were really 30,000 cavalry there."

"This time the Ming army is not boasting, they really have an army of 150,000, and they are all the kind of elite under Du Wenhuan."

"Are you sure?" Hearing this, Du'er stood up suddenly, in disbelief.

The 150,000 Ming army is still the elite of Du Wenhuan's family, and no one knows what such a force represents.

As a person who has been a Ulut Taiji since the Jiajing period, he remembers one person in particular.

That is Ma Fang, who is famous......

Back then, Ma Fang trained his troops and Xuanda, often led his troops out of the fortress, and defeated Da Khan many times.

And how many people were there at that time? However, with more than 10,000 people, Ma Fang dared to lead his troops out of the fortress to find the main force of Aida Khan, and Odda Khan had more than 30,000 troops at that time.

With 10,000 to 30,000, I Dahan still had to avoid Ma Fang, and he remembered Du'er for such humiliation.

If the current 150,000 Ming troops are as brave as their own parents say, then ......

At this moment, Du'er recalled the handwritten letter sent by Zhu Youzhen just now, and the content of the book was very simple.

In the letter, Zhu Youzhen has frankly said that he will send troops to clear the two Ordos departments, and Su Nang will inevitably support the two troops and horses, once Su Nang supports, Zhu Youzhen is unwilling to meet with the general on the battlefield.

He suggested that Du'er take people to welcome back the Bu Lost Rabbit who had been squeezed out to the northwest, and he, Zhu Youzhen, would use a lasso to take the captive Su Sac to welcome the returning Bu Lost Rabbit.

However, the place of the front and back sets will become the punishment for Bu Lost Rabbit's inability to control the vegetarian sac.

And although Bu Lost Rabbit will lose the front and back sets, Zhu Youzhen allowed him to herd horses in the north of Yinshan, but the King of Shunyi was demoted to the Marquis of Shunyi, and he would become the left counselor of the Northern Army of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the general, he will become the general of the Ming Dynasty together with Bu Lostu as the chief soldier of the Governor of the Five Armies, the chief soldier of Mo Nan, and the uncle of Yinshan.

In other words, Zhu Youzhen wants to lay down the Hetao openly, while Bu Lost Rabbit and Jiangdu'er want to bring the territory of Mert to attach the Ming Dynasty.

Such humiliation is also the reason why Du'er's face was ugly just now, because in the letter, Zhu Youzhen was too proud.

It's just that after Saihan said the elite level of the Ming army's 150,000 troops, the capital was shaken.

The current era is not the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the resources of Mobei and Moxi are also being used tightly.

Once Tumut was defeated under the leadership of Su Nang, there was no place for Du'er to run, after all, the Eastern Tumut, Karaqin, and Tuban in the east all surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and it was not safe to take refuge in Lin Dan Khan, so it can be said that there is no way to go to heaven and no way to go down.

In this case, it seems that Du'er can only accept Zhu Youzhen's opinion, and change his identity from Wulut Taiji to Yinshan Bo of the Ming Dynasty.

Su Nang said it right, the pride in Du'er's bones did not allow him to defect to the Ming army, but that was the former Du'er.

Now in his sixties, he is old, he is also afraid of death, he also wants to maintain the continuation of the Ulut tribe, and he also wants to let his children and grandchildren live a comfortable life.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen's handwriting, as well as the elite of the Ming army at the level of 150,000 families, completely broke his psychological defense.

Saihan ......

After a long silence, Du'er struggled to speak, and Saihan looked forward to his next words.

"You lead your troops to kill the tiger's mouth and beg to surrender, I will take three thousand elites to welcome back the Lost Rabbit, Su Nang will fail, we must keep the Ulut tribe to continue......"

"Yes! I will now order the people to move, and then send the Tang cavalry to ask for surrender in advance. Hearing his own Abu's words, Saihan's expression was excited.

After all, under the teaching of the Han teacher, he has always longed for the flower world of the Central Plains Dynasty, and he has no nostalgia for Guanwai, which needs to eat soil every year.

This time, Su Nang killed himself, so he would not follow the funeral.

Thinking of this, Saihan turned around with excitement and was about to leave, but at this time Du'er stopped him:

"Wait......"

"What's wrong? Abu ...... "Saihan sighed in his heart, for fear that his own Abu would regret it.

However, Du Er did not make a fool of himself, but got up and walked to a cabinet next to him, opened the drawer, took out a square box from it, and then turned around and walked to Saihan and said:

"This is the dragon and tiger general seal given to me by the Ming Emperor during the Wanli period, you take him to ask for surrender, and tell His Royal Highness the King of Qi for me, in the battle of Hetao, our Wulut Department will not participate in the ......"

"In addition, the title of Earl of Yinshan, just canonize you directly, I am already old, the system of the Ming Dynasty has changed, Uncle Yinshan can only be passed on for one generation, and then it depends on whether you can use military merits to continue the title."

The news of Du'er is very well-informed, and he even knows about the change of the noble system, and his actions also make Saihan even more excited.

He immediately knelt down in front of the Du'er and thanked excitedly:

"Abu, I will definitely make the Ulut Department strong and make the King of Qi look up to us!"

"Let's go, I'm tired......" helped Saihan up, turned Du'er and stopped looking at him, and Sai rarely had a condition, so he could only respectfully withdraw from the big tent, and then ordered three thousand men to open the way, and the old and weak women and children moved to kill the tiger's mouth.

After the relocation of the troops, Du'er also led 3,000 troops to the northwest, preparing to welcome back Bu Lost Rabbit.

Maybe Su Nang, who has seen the blindness, will regret not killing Du'er in Bansheng City after learning the news, but it was too late.

From today onwards, the Tumut Ulut Department no longer exists, and only the Yin Shanbo line of the Ming Dynasty is replaced......

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