The sky in the northeast is blue, and there are not only vast grasslands, but also dense forests and great rivers.

The former site of Zhenning Prefecture, half a city.

This is a city from the Jin Dynasty, which was changed to Zhenning Prefecture in the Yuan Dynasty and abandoned in the Ming Dynasty. Because the city wall is dilapidated and broken, it is called Banla City.

After the Northern Yuan and the Ming Dynasty abandoned this city, it is now the jurisdiction of the Haixi Jurchen Alchuka Department, and it is also the seat of the Alchuka Department.

However, the Alchukha tribe still retains the Jurchen living habits, and there is not enough construction technology to restore the city, so the walls of the Banla city have not been repaired.

It is the seat of the general ledger of the Alchuka Ministry, where more than 20,000 people live all year round.

After learning that the Northern Yuan Dynasty was attacking in a big way, the entire Banla City seemed to be panicked.

It's just that this crisis came and went faster, and just when many nobles wanted to flee Banla City with their families, the news of the Mongol withdrawal had already come back.

Perhaps the surprise came too suddenly for some nobles not to believe it.

The former site of the state capital, and now the general ledger of the Alchuka Ministry.

The leader of the Alchukha tribe, Bagas, was a sturdy man in his forties, with a full beard, a shocking scar on his face, and very sharp eyes.

Unlike many Jurchen tribal leaders who relied on their fathers, although he relied on his father's property to a certain extent, he completed the process of seizing power by "replacing the main house with a partial house and replacing the large sect with a small sect".

He was originally the concubine of the northern branch under the command of the Alchuka tribe, and after killing his brother to seize the command of the northern branch, he led the northern branch to Banla City, replacing the position of the leader of his cousin.

Although Bagas had accomplished his initial goal of controlling the Alchukha tribes, he was not satisfied with this, and had been eyeing the Haixi Jurchen tribes for many years.

If possible, he wanted to unify the Jurchen tribes and create a new kingdom of Jin.

It's just that the Alchukha tribe is located in the northern part of the Haixi Jurchens, and not only is agricultural production lagging behind the southern tribes, but also not as convenient as other Jurchen tribes to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

That's right, even if he wants to unify the Haixi Jurchens, but his own conditions are too poor, so he needs to find a way to strengthen himself first.

Last year, things took a big turn for the better.

The Ming Dynasty actually took the initiative to extend an olive branch to the seven Jurchen tribes in Haixi, and their Alchuka tribe, which was far away from Liaodong, was actually listed. After he accepted the reward of the Ming Dynasty, he not only strengthened the trade activities between the Alchuka Department and the Ming Dynasty, but also received rich rewards from the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the Bagars slowly found that things were not as rosy as they thought, although they received a reward from the Ming Dynasty, but the trade between the two sides caused the wealth of the Alchuka tribe to flow out, and they were not able to break the non-aggression pact formulated by the Ming Dynasty for the seven major tribes of the Haixi Jurchens.

In order to achieve the goal of strengthening himself as soon as possible, he took the opportunity of participating in the New Year's Day court meeting to send Kulecha to ask the Ming Emperor for a higher reward.

He found that he overestimated his status in the minds of the Ming Dynasty, and underestimated the bloodiness of the Ming Dynasty, and now ushered in the conquest of the Ming Dynasty.

Bagars had his own intelligence system, and he had known about the Mongol invasion a few days in advance, and he had already made arrangements for fighting in the east.

As a result, the latest military information came, and Bagars said in disbelief: "The Northern Yuan army has retreated? ”

"Yes, the Northern Yuan army moved to come this time, just to harass one of our outposts, and then the whole army retreated! Our men followed Baili and found that they were evacuated at a rate of rapid march, and I am afraid that the army had already been disbanded! "The leader in charge of the war in the west has just arrived on horseback, and he seems to be very serious.

"Didn't the Ming Dynasty spend a lot of money to send troops to the Northern Yuan to attack us?"

"Beiyuan is suddenly withdrawing troops now, it's really incomprehensible!"

"Could it be that they know that we have a heavy army in the west, and they know that it is difficult to retreat?"

"Beiyuan's elite horse is not an empty shelf, it must have left because of other things!"

"If they march away in a hurry, it may be that their general account has been attacked, or that Manduhai has died!"

……

The important leaders present sat on the left and right, and when they heard the news that all the Mongolian elite cavalry had suddenly withdrawn, they were also troubled, and at the same time engaged in various speculations.

Just as they seemed clueless, a young Jurchen man in Hanfu strode in: "Khan, I have already found out the situation!" ”

"Fancha, what is going on, why did Beiyuan suddenly withdraw its troops?" Bagasi had already regarded his military advisor as a confidant, and immediately asked urgently.

Although the other leaders were jealous of Fancha's status, they also cast curious glances one after another, and they also wanted to know which one Beiyuan was singing.

Although Fan Cha loves Chinese culture, he is also wearing Hanfu, and his name is even very similar to the surname Fan, but he is an authentic Jurchen, so he replied to the gaze of Bagasi: "The latest news obtained, before the Northern Yuan Iron Cavalry retreated, killed a Ming official and hung it on a tree. Although it is not clear why the Northern Yuan killed the Ming officials, the killing of the Ming officials was tantamount to rebellion, so the Northern Yuan had broken with the Ming Dynasty. According to what I have learned, the person who led the army this time was Dayan Khan, and Dayan Khan was a man with an arrogant temperament, so it is likely that he gave up on conquering us and broke with the Ming Dynasty directly! ”

There are really a lot of strange people in the world, and now this Jurchen who yearns for Chinese culture actually speculates on things inseparably and is quite convincing.

"The Northern Yuan has not yet unified the Mongolian tribes, and it is unreasonable for him to suddenly break with the Ming Dynasty!" When a bald leader heard this logical and meticulous analysis, he was puzzled.

Fancha turned his head to look at the bald leader, and expressed his opinion unhurriedly: "This matter is indeed unreasonable, but we have to believe what we can see!" Now it is a fact that Dayan Khan killed the Ming officials, and it is also a fact that he suddenly led his troops to evacuate, so the most reasonable explanation is that the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan have broken up. And it was the seventeen-year-old Dayan Khan who made this decision, not the old fox Manduhai, and the young man was most likely willful. We can now focus our defense on the south, or this disaster has actually passed, and the Ming Dynasty is looking for the Northern Yuan Dynasty and does not plan to personally send troops against us! ”

As soon as these words came out, the tribal leaders present seemed to be persuaded by Fancha, and they couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

If the elite cavalry of the Northern Yuan Dynasty no longer comes, and the Ming Dynasty does not plan to personally do anything to their Alchuka Ministry, then their Alchuka Department can be said to have passed the rain and the sky is clear.

"With Daming's urine, it must be impossible to commit!"

"Ming people are accustomed to careful calculations, and they will never make a loss-making deal!"

"It doesn't matter if he comes or not, we are far away from Shanhaiguan, and the Ming army has nothing to worry about!"

……

Everyone also believed in the inference that Daming and Beiyuan had broken up, and then they all looked down on Daming very contemptuously as if they had put down the big stone in their hearts.

Although they knew that the Ming Dynasty was a well-deserved giant, not only with unimaginable territory, but also with endless food, the Ming army's individual combat ability was notoriously crotch-pulling.

Whether it is the distance between the two, or the objective fact that the Ming army is not good at expeditions, this is the confidence that they dare to sit back and relax here.

Of course, they can't do anything to the now powerful Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty can't move them at all, and it is the best result for the two sides to be at peace.

Bagars relied on his personal ability to seize his current position, but he said vigilantly: "Pass the order, remove the defense line on the western front, and we will now defend against the attack in the south!" ”

Although he didn't think that Da Ming would dare to attack alone, he was not afraid of 10,000 but was afraid of what happened, so he decided to make the most prudent deployment.

"Khan, transfer from the Western Front to the Southern Front, this is not far away!"

"Khan, the Northern Yuan has just defaulted, and it will take several months for the Ming Dynasty to dispatch troops, so this matter is not in a hurry."

"If you really want to transfer, you only need to transfer the personnel of my southern branch back, and my southern branch is enough to keep the Ming army out!"

……

After hearing about Bagasi's military deployment, the leaders present thought that Bagasi's arrangement was "superfluous", and there was even no need to guard against the Ming Dynasty in this way.

"Oh no!"

It was at this moment that a sentry burst in.

The leaders present couldn't help but chuckle when they saw the sentry appear.

The eldest leader immediately thought that the Northern Yuan elite cavalry might go and return, and killed them one of them: "But the Northern Yuan army has come back?" ”

"No...... No! The sentry was gasping for breath and hurriedly shaking his head.

What Bagars and the others were most afraid of was Beiyuan, and now they learned that it was not the worst situation, and immediately stuffed their hearts back into their stomachs: "What kind of system is it to be so flustered?" ”

"I just got the news from the Emu Ministry, Da Ming borrowed their Emu Department today, and tomorrow it will be killed on our territory!" The sentry swallowed hard and frothed at the mouth, and then reported anxiously.

Yes?

The leaders present seemed to have been slapped suddenly, just now they were still despising the Ming army and did not dare to attack, but the next second they came to the door of the house.

Because they didn't think that the Ming army was coming south, the defense line on the southern front was very weak, and they were even directly exposed to the guns of the Ming Dynasty.

"No, it's absolutely impossible!"

"How could the Ming army come so quickly, fake, right?"

"If you only get the news now, then the Ming army must send light cavalry, but this is not the style of the Ming army!"

……

Many people don't want to believe this information, after all, everything seems so unreasonable, and it is not the Ming army they know, so they have questions.

"Don't forget! After the Ming Dynasty changed the emperor, not only did they recover the old land of Jianzhou, but it is also rumored that they were eyeing the savage Jurchens, and it was indeed possible that they would send an army to conquer our Alchukha Department! A rather sensible leader immediately reminded.

As soon as these words came out, many people woke up one after another.

They are indeed still stuck in the old concept, and now the Ming army is significantly more active after consolidating the granary of Liaodong.

Since the Ming Dynasty dared to annex the Jianzhou Jurchens, although it was too long to fight their own front across several tribes, the Ming Dynasty was not what it used to be after all.

As soon as they thought about it, they found that the situation was worse than they imagined, and they even faced the same fate as the Jianzhou Jurchen Ai Xinjueluo family.

"What to do now, our defense is mainly to the west!"

"My southern branch has already transferred most of its personnel to the west, I'm afraid I can't protect myself!"

"Even if the elite from the west is transferred back now, it is already far away to quench the thirst of the near!"

……

When the group of people, who had just been empty, realized the seriousness of the problem, they especially found that the Ming army was more terrifying than they wanted, and they immediately became depressed.

The sky was just clear, and now a dark cloud has drifted in, which just shrouds this broken state government.

Bagarth saw the reaction of these subordinates, but looked at Fancha, who was as calm as himself: "Strategist, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"Khan, it's too late to bring back troops, and the plan for now is to ask for help from the Emu and Ula tribes immediately!" Fancha met Bagas's gaze and immediately proposed.

When the leaders present heard this plea for help, they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Bagas.

If the Emu and Ula tribes can lend a helping hand and follow them to betray the Ming Dynasty, then the forces of the three tribes will definitely be able to protect themselves.

It's just that the Emu and Ula tribes had conflicts with them in the early years, and even they once wanted to annex the Emu and Ula tribes, so why did they send troops to help?

Bagarth met everyone's eyes, but said with a slight smile: "Ben Khan has this intention!" ”

It is true that the Haixi Nuzhen had seven tribes, but there were marriages between each tribe, and now Bagasi's wife is the daughter of the Emu tribe, and his mother is the sister of the leader of the Ula tribe.

Although there have indeed been conflicts between the two sides, they are in-laws for generations after all.

"Khan, everything is based on interests, and I'm afraid that the Emu and Ula tribes will not send troops!" The eldest leader shook his head soberly.

"This time, that time! As long as we give them enough benefits, the promise will ...... Dongguo and Xiguo got married, and passed the news of the break between Daming and Beiyuan to them, presumably they would definitely be moved. Now that the Ming light cavalry is attacking, as long as the two tribes give the Ming light cavalry a heavy blow by surprise, then they can become the big winners. Fancha said confidently.

Unlike the fighting style of the Mongol cavalry, the Ming relied heavily on supplies. Once the Ming army's food and grass are cut off, then their army will lose the ability to maneuver, and eventually all will become a flock of lambs to the slaughter.

As for the Emu tribe and the Ula tribe, both of them are lustful families, as long as they send the brightest pearl of their Alchuka tribe, they will presumably send troops to help.

Once the three tribes join forces, then they can completely cut off the hand of the Ming Dynasty that reached out to the Haixi Jurchens and form a new powerful force.

"Yes, Da Ming and Bei Yuan have broken up, so other tribes don't need to be as jealous of Da Ming as they were last year!"

"What's more, other tribes are also wary of the Ming finger infecting the Haixi region, and they naturally don't dare to let the Ming infiltrate!"

"This method is feasible, let's immediately convince the other two tribes that we will definitely be able to make the Ming army have no return!"

……

The eyes of the leaders present lit up slightly, and after realizing the impact of the official break between Da Ming and Beiyuan, they seemed very excited to plan the future Dao.

The soldiers were very fast, and they soon released the Flying Eagle to get in touch with the Emu and Ula tribes.

The Ming Dynasty did send 10,000 light cavalry to the north this time, and their goal was very clear, to encircle the Alchuka Department with the Mongol iron cavalry by lightly armed, and the target was Banla City.

In just one day, they came from the Emu tribe to the territory of the Alchukha tribe.

Looking out over the steppe from the high slope to the front, it was the gathering place of the northern branch of the Alchuka tribe, with a population of more than 10,000 and a population of up to 4,000 capable of fighting, but their armament and horses were far inferior to those of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

In fact, most of them are herders, and since everyone knows how to hunt, adult men can be immediately conscripted into the army, and even women can join the army on their own initiative.

It's just that they also have serious shortcomings, they don't have any concept of the military formation at all, and the weapons in their hands are obviously a lot behind.

"Kill!"

This time, Zhao Chengqing personally led the troops, and incorporated his own 1,000 Zhao family troops into the light cavalry army, and as the Zhao family flag fluttered in the wind, it was like a tiger descending the mountain and killing the northern branch of the Alchuka Division.

Cough! Cough! Cough!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

……

The light cavalry of the Ming Dynasty not only had the most advanced Tuqing bow, but also had arquebuses, and many of them were wearing snow maple knives with open blood grooves on their waists, and they were frantically harvesting the sinful lives of these Jurchens.

With such a high weapon configuration and the geographical advantage of rushing down a high slope, it is even more crazy than the Mongols killing the western outpost of the Alchuka Department, with arrows and lead bullets hitting the Jurchen cavalry, and sharp snow maple knives harvesting lives in the chaos.

Borrowing from the Mongol looting, they also chose to set fires here. With a lot of hay on the ground and the wind blowing just in the direction of the north, the place quickly burst into flames, adding to the chaos.

"Ming Jun, they are simply devils!"

"Run, run, run away!"

"Help me, please save me!"

……

The southern branch of the Alchuka Department had no danger to defend here, and it was powerless to fight back in the face of the sudden attack of the Ming army, but they chose to flee one after another.

Yes!

Many Jurchens hid in the flames, screaming into the sky.

After all, they were just ordinary herdsmen who were good at riding and shooting, and now they were only slaughtered in the face of well-armed and well-trained Ming light cavalry.

Zhao Chengqing knew that he was carrying the mission of the revitalization of China on his shoulders, and today's killing was to pave the way for the prosperity of China, and all the Zhao Jiajun who led him to build did not have any psychological burden.

If it is said that the prosperity of China needs the devil god of war, then he is now willing to sacrifice himself, even if he slaughters the Jurchens here.

About half an hour later, the battle here had ended, and a staff general came to report: "Master Hou, we have taken the southern branch of the Alchuka Ministry, please instruct!" ”

"The soldiers are very fast, after cleaning up the battlefield, immediately rush to Banla City!" Zhao Chengqing faintly felt uneasy, and immediately made a decision.

When the accompanying military officials heard this, they immediately dissuaded: "Master Hou, this move is inappropriate!" Our follow-up grain and grass did not reach the Emu Department, and now the supply has exceeded the two-day journey, and it is not easy to go deep alone! ”

Zhao Chengqing knew the importance of grain and grass, and now he wasted too much food by using fire to take this place, so he immediately decided to rest here for a day.

It's just that the military in this era is full of drama, and it turned out that this choice was actually wrong. (End of chapter)