Divide and rule is a must, and the more than twenty chiefs appointed by Huang Yi have no affiliation.
The freshly minted chiefs all have one thing in common. They all have at least two nephews and brothers who are skilled in arching and horsemanship and become cavalry warriors led by Huang Yi to accompany them in battle.
Controlling a tribe with no less than three chiefs, and the new chiefs are not from the middle and upper classes of the previous tribe, is equivalent to a major class shift.
In order to prevent any tribe from being too big to lose, Huang Yi strictly controlled the number of people, stipulating that the number of young adults in each tribe could not exceed 150, and the upper limit of the population was 700.
In theory, a chief can only command fifty knights, which is similar to the number of soldiers and horses managed by the Ming Dynasty's general flag officer.
Huang Yi reorganized nine tribes and appointed twenty-seven chiefs. The population of each tribe was about the same, and the number of young and middle-aged knights was almost the same.
The vast majority of chiefs had almost no family losses in the war of conquest.
These chiefs from the grassroots level were vested interests in the conquest war. Of course they were grateful and they all swore allegiance to Huang Yi to Changshengtian.
They all took action, and each selected the five most capable warriors to serve beside Huang Yi.
At least two of these five warriors are direct relatives of the chiefs, and the rest are closely related to the chiefs. Whether they are loyal and dare to fight determines whether the chiefs can continue to serve.
The combination of kindness and power is very important. The original rulers of the seven tribes were basically eradicated, and the population was scattered and reorganized into nine new tribes. The most ruthless ones were the twenty-seven new chiefs.
Therefore, Huang Yi distributed captured iron armor to all the new chiefs who submitted their certificates of vote, and the hundreds and dozens of warriors selected by the chiefs were also equipped with iron armor.
And it was said in advance that these warriors only need to serve for three years. If they die in battle during this period, they will receive ten stones of wheat and three iron pots as a pension.
It is a duty and a must to follow Huang Yi to fight for three years. Will these Mongolian cavalry really be released after three years?
Huang Yi was full of confidence. Three years was long enough to change a person. The governor carried out ideological education and taught Mongolian soldiers to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters. Those with meritorious deeds would be rewarded.
Developing, expanding, and increasing troops is the only way to go. Over time, these Mongolians will not be able to become captains, small flags, or deputy general flags, and the military pay they receive will be enough to support their families.
When the three-year period expires, they may not be willing to return to their original tribe, and it is also unknown whether they will take their children and settle down in the city.
Therefore, the promised three-year release was only to give the newly surrendered Mongols a reassurance, to give them hope, and to delay the war.
The weapons and equipment of the Haraqin tribe were originally very poor. Since they followed the Jiannu into the pass to plunder, the situation has greatly improved.
Annihilating a tribe with only one or two hundred string controllers can capture twenty or thirty pairs of armor, most of which are fish scale armor equipped by the Ming army.
This made Huang Yi even more determined to eliminate as many Karaqin tribes as possible.
If the enemy's equipment level has improved and they have more money, doesn't it mean that their strength will be greatly enhanced?
It is necessary to attack the Karaqin tribes as early as possible!
Huang Yi was not satisfied with sweeping the caves of seven Karaqin tribes in Liting, and was unwilling to stop at all.
After only three days of preparation, 1,400 soldiers set out again with more than 1,000 newly surrendered Mongolian young adults.
The twenty-seven newly minted chiefs showed positive performance and took the initiative to lead the troops under their jurisdiction to participate in the next attack.
The prescribed population limit is far from the actual population of the new chiefs. They all want to get some people, cattle, sheep, and food when they attack other tribes and reward them for their merits.
The organized, pursuing, and disciplined bandit gangs are terrifying. In just half a month, six more tribes have been conquered.
The total population of these six tribes far exceeded the seven tribes eliminated in the first half of the month, and more than 2,000 Han people and more than 2,000 slaves were rescued.
There were more than 400 pieces of armor captured, twice as many as those of the seven tribes.
The number of cattle, sheep, horses, and population obtained also nearly doubled.
After a month of conquest, the gold and silver treasures confiscated were worth no less than 150,000 taels of silver, which shows that the Haraqin bandits were doing extremely bad things in the pass.
After fighting for more than a month, we defeated 13 small and medium-sized Karaqin tribes closest to the base area. We need time to digest the fruits of victory, so we will accept it as soon as possible.
Retreat to the base before the blizzard is approaching, lead everyone to repair and have a happy New Year, and then go out to fight in the snow after the fifth day of the first lunar month.
The art of war is to take the enemy by surprise and attack him unprepared.
Huang Yi and Hedanbaat'er simultaneously sent troops to attack some outlying tribes collectively known as the Thirty-six Kalaqin families, which was sudden at the beginning.
A month has passed, and more than a dozen tribes, most of which are small and medium-sized tribes, have been wiped out. The westernmost part of the Kalaqin Prairie is already in turmoil, and many tribes have chosen to temporarily abandon their old grudges and unite to fight against foreign enemies.
It should be explained here that killing eighteen tribes does not mean that the thirty-six Karaqin families have become eighteen families.
The tribes Huang Yi and Hedanbaater killed only belonged to certain tribes in the thirty-six families. The thirty-six families were large and small. The large ones governed more than a dozen small and medium-sized tribes with a population of tens of thousands.
The largest force of the Kalaqin tribe should be the territory of Yuanduoyan Sanwei, which is one or two thousand miles away from the base, and its leader is the famous Subudi.
This man was born in the Wuliangha family and was a Tabu Nang of the Karaqin Tribe. He was also the Duoyan Guard Left Commander named by the Ming Dynasty. Theoretically, he belonged to what the Ming Dynasty called the "Thirty-Six Families of the Duoyan Guards" Co-owner.
In fact, Subudi had no way of twisting the thirty-six families of Kalaqin into one, so in the seventh year of Tianqi, he was defeated by Hu Duntu and his vitality was seriously injured. Three years later, he abandoned the Ming Dynasty and joined the Hou Jin Dynasty, serving as a leader. party.
Today, his strength has recovered a lot. He has seven or eight direct tribes, four to five thousand string controllers, no less than two thousand young and middle-aged knights, and more than seven hundred pairs of iron armor.
With Huang Yi's current strength, it is absolutely impossible to face off against such a big guy.
It's not that they can't win, but that the casualties are uncontrollable, and because Subudi's habitat is far away from the base and close to Jiannu, it's too dangerous.
The second strongest among the Haraqin tribes is Wandan Weizheng, one of the brothers of Subudi. He has five direct tribes, all of which are large tribes. He has no less than 1,500 young and middle-aged knights, including five One hundred are armored knights.
Further down the ranking should be Subudi's uncle Seleng. He should have more than a thousand young and middle-aged knights, at least one-third of the knights have iron armor.
With the power of action and execution at this time, it is impossible to count the population of the entire Karaqin tribe. Historical data records that the number in the early Manchu Qing Dynasty was no more than 20,000 Dingkou.
With Huang Yi's knowledge, he certainly knew that chiefs would conceal their population and hide their strength.
He estimated that the number of Dingkou in Haraqin must be more than 20,000, and it should not exceed 40,000.
