Chapter nine hundred and fortieth sneak attack
This time, Zhu Hongsan let Ezhe go to wipe out the Kalaqin tribe, which was not aimless, but the result of Zhu Hongsan's careful consideration. The principle of collecting this site is as before. Mongolia is too big and too far from the Central Plains dynasty. Such a large place is definitely not easy to control, so Mongolia must be divided into several pieces. Of course, this division is not fundamentally classified, but artificially created several forces in the Mongolian ruling class, but these forces must be dominated by the Central Plains dynasty.
Zhu Hongsan's strategy is somewhat like that of the United States in later generations. Although the American boss does not care about the internal affairs of your country, if there is something wrong, you have to send troops and money. You little brothers cannot be strong yet. If you are strong, the boss will deal with you. For example, the European Union in later generations is the two little brothers in Germany and France who put aside what the boss did, but they did not expect that the boss would immediately fall into crisis when he set up a little in Greece.
Zhu Hongsan hoped to achieve this kind of ending. The two younger brothers he selected were Chahar tribes and the other was Korqin tribe. One of these two tribes occupied the name of Ezhe's Mongolian Khan, although no one took the title of Ezhe's Mongolian Khan seriously, they still recognized it at the bottom of the grassland. After all, it was less than forty years since Lin Danhan became the co-owner of the grassland.
The Korqin tribe occupied the strength. Because Korqin followed the Qing Dynasty, it developed rapidly over the past 40 years. The entire Mongolian in southern and Mongolian in northern and northern parts had to obey Korqin's orders. Therefore, these two tribes formed the foundation of the future upper ruling class of Mongolia. Zhu Hongsan even thought of their official names. Ezhe became the Mongolian Khan of the Golden Family, and Korqin served as the Grand Tutor of the Mongolian Khan. The two sides restrained each other and could not do anything to each other. In the end, they could only seek arbitration of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Hongsan is doing well now, but the Chahar tribe is too weak, so weak that it has become a small tribe on the Mongolian grassland. Historically, the Chahar tribe was similar. Emperors of the Qing Dynasty all had to suppress the Chahar tribe, and they used any tricks to split and collapse. Finally, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was only one symbol left in the Chahar tribe, which completely became a geographical noun.
In order to allow the Chahar tribe to quickly strengthen its strength and reach the point of competing with Korqin, Zhu Hongsan naturally had to find a way for them. Therefore, annexing the Kalaqin tribe in front of him became the first choice.
The Kalaqin tribe was not too many. According to Zhu Hongsan's intelligence, the entire tribe had only more than 100,000 people and only more than 30,000 soldiers. With the help of Zhu Hongsan, Ezhe could eat this strength, so Zhu Hongsan let Ezhe go to annex the Kalaqin tribe.
Ezhe heard that Zhu Hongsan asked him to annex Kalaqin to strengthen his strength, and he quickly returned to his camp to summon eight Taiji soldiers.
The Chahar tribe and the Kalaqin tribe are enemies, so there is no need to mobilize at all. When the eight Taiji heard the news, they all agreed and could easily mobilize 10,000 soldiers. These 10,000 soldiers are the old capital of the Chahar tribe. Basically, adult men aged fifteen to forty will come. If Zhu Hongsan is not serious and comes to the Chahar tribe behind his back, then Ezhe has to swing his sword and commit suicide.
However, Zhu Hongsan was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he always had a word of everything. After Ezhe prepared the soldiers the next morning, the Ming army also divided a cavalry, led by his son-in-law Zhao Hu to meet with Ezhe.
Zhao Hu brought five thousand cavalry, of which two thousand were heavy cavalry. Each heavy cavalry was equipped with three horses, so there were only five thousand soldiers in the Ming army, but there were 10,000 war horses, and they ran on the grassland and shaking the mountains.
When Ezhe saw the Ming army's five thousand cavalry helmets and armor brightly, he was shocked. He knew how much it would cost to raise a cavalry in the Central Plains dynasty. Unexpectedly, the Ming army dispatched five thousand this time, and had two horses. It was so rich.
When the Ming army arrived in front of him, Ezhe realized that he had read it wrong. It was not just one person and two horses, but one person and three horses. The two thousand cavalry led by him were all three horses, and the two horses behind him were carrying equipment.
Zhao Hu rode his Shar horse to Ezhe with a proud look. The Shar horse's shoulder was two meters high, which was far higher than the Mongolian horse that was one or five or six meters high. Zhao Hu rode on the horse and looked at Ezhe and asked, "Ezhe, Your Majesty, let me put you in the formation, you can lead the way!"
Ezhe cursed Zhao Hu in his heart, but what can he do? The Ming army is much stronger than him now, and he still needs the Ming Dynasty to convene the Hulitaire Conference for him to inherit the position of the Mongolian Khan. There is no way Ezhe had to laugh and say, "Your Majesty the Emperor said we can borrow the banner of your army. Should we ask General Zhao to leave first?"
Zhao Hu glanced at Ezhe, nodded and walked in front with five thousand cavalry, and Ezhe followed behind with ten thousand cavalry.
The Ming army camp is now less than a hundred miles away from Chifeng. In addition, with the ground cannon, the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces arrived at the periphery of Chifeng at noon.
Twenty thousand horses and fifteen thousand soldiers, such a large marching force, Kalaqin saw it thirty miles away. Kalaqin's scout quickly spread the news to the Khan Tuba Selen. However, Bandarsha came back yesterday and reported the situation and also informed that the agreement had been reached with the Ming Dynasty. The Kalaqin tribe was still nomadic in the Chifeng area in the future. The most critical Ming emperor had agreed to trade with the Kalaqin tribe. So Tuba Selen heard that the Ming army was coming today, and he thought it was the Ming emperor who came to visit.
Tuba Selen asked his son Bandalsha to prepare quickly and then go out to camp for three miles to greet him. After all, it would be bad if the emperor of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom did not come out to greet him in person.
Tuba Selen, with three thousand guards, rode horses and put on the most luxurious clothes, and came to Chifeng three miles away to wait for the Ming emperor.
When Tuba Selen received the news, the Ming army was already thirty miles away from Chifeng, so Tuba Selen had already seen the Ming army flag in the sky as soon as Tuba Selen arrived.
More than 20,000 Ming troops lined up and walked slowly on the horizon of the grassland. Tuba Selen curled his lips and said, "See, although the Ming army has a large number and the horses are good, they are not materials for riding horses and fighting. They are so close to us, but they have not sent out the scouts. If we don't want to fight him with good intentions, the Ming army will be defeated!"
The generals next to him were still holding their feet and flatteringly said: "Of course, the Han people are naturally powerful inside the pass, are they outside the pass? It depends on our Kalaqin!"
The Ming army was getting closer and closer, and Tuba Selen could already see the general of the Ming army led by him. The big black man was so tall. The horse he rode was so big, and it seemed that it was not a Mongolian horse. At this time, Tuba Selen had already seen that more than a thousand Ming soldiers in front of him had no armor and no weapons in their hands. Seeing this, Tuba Selen felt even more relieved.
In order to show respect, Tuba Selen walked slowly with the three thousand guards, but when he was 500 meters away from the Ming army, the Ming army's flag changed, and a Sulu ingot was erected in the Ming army's rear team. Tuba Selen was shocked when he saw the Sulu ingot was pure white. The only one who dared to decorate the Sulu ingot with pure white yak tails on the entire grassland was Chahar's family.
Tuba Selen knew that something big was not good. It seemed that he had fallen into the trap of the Ming army. He did not expect that the Ming army could unite with Chahar. However, Tuba Selen reported that it was too late. Ten thousand Chahar cavalry left and right in the Ming army's rear team, forming a storm formation, and rushed towards Tuba Selen.
Tuba Selen was so scared that he was sweating all over when he saw the attack of a feud. He only brought three thousand people out, but did not bring any weapons, bows and arrows to show respect, and was caught off guard, so he was no match for the Chahar tribe at all.
Tubaselen was also an old soldier who had been fighting in the grassland for many years. When he saw something was wrong, he quickly turned his horse's head and ran back. However, the Chahar cavalry had already increased speed. In the short time, Tubaselen's horse's head had already been turned, under the leadership of Ezhe, the Chahar cavalry had already reached the front.
Ezhe saw that the enemy Tuba Selen was wearing brocade clothes for his head, and drew his bow and arrow to launch the Mangudan tactics that the Mongols were good at. This tactic was actually very simple, just riding a horse and shooting arrows. But it was simple to say, only the Mongols could really use this tactic. Even the Eight Banners of Manchuria, which is said to be invincible, would not.
Many novels in later generations describe the Qing Dynasty as a nomadic nation, but it is not true. The Qing Dynasty was a fishing and hunting nation. The Qing Dynasty's tactic was to wear several layers of heavy armor, charge against the enemy's muskets or bows and arrows, disperse the enemy and then fight on land. Therefore, it is not correct to say that the Qing Dynasty was a cavalry, and the Qing Dynasty should be a heavy infantry riding a horse into battle.
Zhao Hu led the Ming army and did not charge with the Chahar cavalry, but followed behind to watch the fun. When Zhao Hu saw Ezhe using the cavalry and shooting tactics that the Mongols rely on for their fame, Zhao Hu sighed: "It seems that the Mongols are really natural cavalry. Seeing their riding and archery as if they were walking in the clouds and flowing water, just like drinking water and eating, this is the cavalry that can dominate the world!"
Zhao Hu's deputy general Zhu Ren has become Zhu Shengduo's guard captain. Zhu Yi is now the deputy general of Zhao Hu. He is also the child Zhu Hongsan took in Henan back then. At that time, several people obtained their names according to benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and Zhixin. Zhu Ren is the eldest, and this Zhu Yi is the second.
Zhu Yi nodded when he heard Zhao Hu say this: "General, you are right. Look at Ezhe and the others are just young people and the elderly. Not to mention the elderly, even those young people in their fifteen or sixteen can stand on the horse and shoot arrows. This kind of kung fu is much better than ours. It seems that we will also strengthen our training in the future!"
Zhao Hu nodded and shouted to the messenger behind him: "Send the command and wear armor!"
The general ordered all the heavy cavalry to dismount and prepare to put on heavy armor. When Zhu Yi saw Zhao Hu going to take action, he quickly asked: "General, Your Majesty said he would not let us intervene, why do you need armor again?"
Now Ezhe, the opposite side, ran after Tuba Selen. Ten thousand cavalry ran wildly on the grassland and the ground was shaken. The Ming army was so excited that they looked at it. Zhao Hu pointed at the Mongolians with a horse whip in his hand and said, "Did you see it? This kind of passionate scene was compared by the Mongolians without taking action! The emperor said that we wouldn't let us do it first, but he didn't say what to do after the fight started! Now I'm listening to me, let's go with me and let the Mongolians look at my heavy cavalry in the Ming Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!