Before An Sanxi was about to go to the grassland, Yang Fan had a conversation with him, focusing on the religious struggle on the grassland.
On the grassland, there are currently three kingdoms, two of which are Tibetan religions and one is traditional religion.
At present, most of the middle and upper classes of Monnan Mongolians believe in the Yellow Sect, while a small number of people believe in the Red Sect. The power ratio is about three to one, and at the same time, many people at the bottom also follow their faith under their leadership.
However, the influence of shamans is deep-rooted on the grassland and has been passed down for four to five thousand years. It has a wide market especially among the people of all ethnic groups at the bottom.
Now the upper echelons of Khalkha and Monan Mongolia, regardless of whether they believe in the Red Sect or the Yellow Sect, are trying their best to suppress the activities of shamans. This caused a large number of shamans to move to Eastern Mongolia and gradually fell into the arms of the Qing Dynasty.
Nurhachi himself reached an agreement with the shamans of Liaodong from the early days of his career. Shaman helped the Aixinjueluo family conquer the world, and then established Shaman as the state religion.
After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the Kunning Palace where the queen originally lived was given to shamans, who killed pigs for sacrifice every day in the Kunning Palace. The emperor participated in religious activities every day and led his trusted ministers to share the sacrificial meat. Many Sauron poles were erected in the palace to feed the crows with beef.
It didn't stop until Puyi left the palace. Shamanism declined again, but continues to be active today in rural areas of the Northeast.
Yang Fan told An Sanxi to make full use of the contradictions between the three religious forces to gather the lowest-level herdsmen who believed in shamans, and then use class contradictions to lead them to attack other small tribes, eliminate the herdsmen and Taiji, and distribute the cattle, sheep and livestock to The lower class herdsmen.
Like a snowball, he created conflicts in the thirty-six families of Duoyan Harashen, and gradually grew bigger. If it could reach a certain scale, after Yang Fan expanded his army, he would bring 3,000 servants, 3,000 regiments, and 3,000 guardsmen. , leaving Da'ankou in the north to completely sweep the Bashang grassland.
The shaman woman was so excited that she didn't know what she was talking about. She seemed to be thanking God for finally sending her a messenger to help her.
"Leave this tribe to me, and I will take you to attack other tribes that persecute shamans, expel those bad guys, and distribute all the cattle and sheep property to the believers." An Sanxi followed Yang Fan's instructions, and the old god said.
"You make an oath, an oath to the Heaven of Immortality."
"I am Renbaat'er, and I swear to the Immortal Heaven that I will help the shaman believers get back everything they have lost. As long as you follow me and be loyal to me, I will establish a tribe of shaman believers."
The shaman turned around and left, came to the tribesmen who were ready to surrender, and spoke excitedly. This tribe believed in shamans, so they were pushed to the border by the nobles. Their Nayan is a man who is afraid of the superiors and dare not protect his people from being bullied.
People's hearts have actually been separated for a long time.
Now, a new hero appears. He killed Na Yan. According to the rules on the grassland, Na Yan's women and daughters should belong to him. He should replace Na Yan's position and lead the entire tribe.
Unexpectedly, he is also a hero who supports Shaman.
Suddenly, these poor herdsmen cried with joy, and they immediately forgot that An Sanxi had just killed many of them.
These people swarmed in and welcomed An Sanxi and the cavalry team into the camp. Under the auspices of the shaman, An Sanxi was honored as the new Nayan.
After the ceremony, An Sanxi moved into the leader's tent, and the cavalry team was also stationed around him. The first order he gave was to carry back those who were not dead and at the same time recruit people hidden in the woods to bring horses and baggage to meet here.
Asking military doctors to operate on these people who were shot by lead bullets actually means using a knife to dig out the lead bullets. Every one who can be saved counts, after all, this is Yang Fan's sphere of influence from now on.
Today, An Sanxi led the cavalry squad and killed and wounded thirty-six people in the first wave of combat. Sixteen of them were shot in the limbs and could be treated.
When the second wave attacked a hundred-man cavalry team, it killed and wounded forty people. Twenty-two of them can be treated.
Later, during the siege of the camp, seventeen people were killed and injured, five of whom could be treated.
Fifty people actually died today.
Later, An Sanxi conducted a thorough investigation of the tribe's situation. In fact, the tribe's population was larger than the pre-investigation.
There are still fifty-six healthy strong men, one hundred and sixty strong women, one hundred and fifty-five half-grown men between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, and seventy old men. There were two hundred and ten old women and children left. There were more than 600 people in total.
Although it is close to the border wall of the Ming Dynasty, there are rivers passing through it and the land is very fertile. The main reason why it is abandoned is that it is a tug-of-war between the Ming Dynasty and Duoyan, and it is not a battlefield suitable for survival.
If these people are Yang Fan's people, it doesn't matter. Daming will definitely not attack them. In the world of Zunhua, no one dares to mess with Yang Fan.
There is water here to develop agriculture and animal husbandry. The most important thing is that it is very suitable for training cavalry.
After settling down, An Sanxi immediately wrote to Yang Fan to report the situation here.
Because the journey is relatively long, this is the time when Yang Fan starts building the new city.
Yang Fan lives in a large cowhide tent, which was captured in the battle at Rock Beach. Yang Fan has never lived in a yurt or military tent, so he enjoys this.
The location of the military tent is between the new city and the dam construction site, which facilitates command and coordination between the two sides. When the signal cavalry arrived, Yang Fan was discussing with his wives in the big tent about installing a cat-foot bathtub.
After all, bathing is a problem when camping in the wild.
This large tent has a radius of ten meters. The area is three hundred square meters. The first half is used by Yang Fan for his office, and the second half, separated by wooden boards, is used as a bedroom and living room.
Yang Fan is a general, and according to the hierarchy of hierarchy at this time, he still has to meet the standards he should have.
So during Song Xingxing's busy schedule, he specially sent 500 people to build a one-foot high platform of rammed earth on which Yang Fan's tent could be installed.
Yang Fan installed a cat-foot bathtub and a flush toilet here, and installed a solar water heater on the top of the tent.
Carpenters made temporary birch floors and laid them on the ground.
Yang Fan was thinking beautifully about how they would play in the water together in the future.
The military report came.
Yang Fan walked to the front office area, sat cross-legged on the floor, and put the military newspaper on several cases. Looked at it carefully.
Yang Fan was very surprised after seeing the letter.
So quickly, An Sanxi opened up the situation.
He was originally asked to practice military training, but he didn't expect that he actually conquered a small tribe.
In this case, this opportunity cannot be wasted.
Yang Fan immediately replied and sent a thousand refugee families there under the protection of a battalion of infantry to cultivate and sow corn in the local area. Later, the cavalry troops to be formed will also be sent there. Also explore the possibility of water transport to the rivers there.
An Sanxi must firmly grasp that tribe, and wait for opportunities to annex other small tribes, and move people and livestock closer to the Ming Dynasty border wall. Don't worry about pasture problems. Yang Fan has high-quality alfalfa seeds in his hands, and he can send refugees to sow high-quality alfalfa. Protein pasture can completely rely on water sources to settle and raise cattle and sheep.
In later generations of Inner Mongolia, herders basically settled down, and the number of livestock on pastures increased several times.
Seeing Yang Fan going out to handle official business, Tu Shanyue and Lin Yueru followed him out.
Yang Fan lacked a team of secretaries, so he had to set up a temporary secretariat, with Xiao Niangpi as the director.
Let Yao Guang, Tu Shanyue, Lin Yueru, and Chen Xi (the talented girls of the Chen family), who are relatively well-educated, serve as secretaries. Assist him in his official duties.
Aunt Mei, who is literate, and sisters Mei Xiang and Xiang Yi serve as assistant secretaries, responsible for the personal storage and sending and receiving of some documents. The four maids Tu Shanyue brought were also literate. Xiaoyu and Xiaohong were also able to read and write, and they were all brought to the secretariat.
"Master, do you have something to deal with?" Xiao Niangpi lay on Yang Fan's back coquettishly, wiped his face with her cheek, and asked gently.
Yang Fan felt the warmth on his back and said softly: "It's okay, An Sanxi has found a foothold. When the army expansion is completed in the summer, I will take you to the grassland to play, okay?"
"Really? I haven't been to the grassland yet. Master is the best." Lin Yueru also came over. She saw the little girl lying on Yang Fan's back and acting coquettishly. She also knelt down next to Yang Fan and picked up one of Yang Fan's arms. He said coquettishly.
