The lights in Su Bu Di's tent were brightly lit. All the lords of Eastern Duoyan and Tabu Nang gathered together. Having a feast.
They had just arrived to camp at this river meander west of Duolun City today. They came around along Yanshan Mountain and were not discovered by the Ming people in Duolun.
They were preparing to take the retreat of the Ming people's cavalry when other tribes were fighting with the three battalions of Ming people's cavalry.
As long as Akito's cavalry is eliminated. An isolated city on the grassland cannot be defended for too long. The food here has already made these hungry Mongolians salivate.
Su Budi is Chang'ang's grandson and the most prestigious leader of the Duoyan tribes at this time. The Ming Dynasty even called the thirty-six Duoyan families Shubu. He owes this honor to his father.
His grandfather, Chang'ang, was a master who could do anything, and he had been doing it all his life.
When he was alive, it was Duoyan's last flashback.
With his death, Duoyan completely declined, and Su Budi only continued his remaining power and nominally commanded Duoyan in the east.
On the surface, Subudi, Khan Ahai (Rasxibu) and Hongtaiji (Buyan Ahai) from East and West Haraqin were the leaders of Duoyan.
But in fact, Su Budi could not command one-third of Duoyan's troops like Khan Ahai and Hong Taiji. The Eastern Duoyan is only a very loose alliance. All Tabu Nang (consorts of the Golden Family) only obey the instructions but not the announcements in name.
This branch of their family is the descendant of Genghis Khan's general Lemi, the great-grandson of Hua Dang, the governor of Duoyan Guard, and the eldest son of Ying Ke.
Chang'ang lost his mother when he was young and was raised by his aunt and uncle.
In the first year of Longqing (1567), Chang'ang's father went south to invade the Ming Dynasty and was killed by firearms. Later, with the approval of the Ming court, he attacked his father as the governor. He lived in the area of Daning City (now Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia).
When he grew up, he married the eldest daughter of Qingbadu, the lord of the right-wing Karaqin tribe in Mongolia.
Later, he repeatedly joined forces with Tumen Khan, Subahai, Qingbadu and others to harass the Ming Dynasty.
In the third year of Wanli (1575), he went south to attack the Ming Dynasty, but was defeated by Qi Jiguang, fell off his horse, and was almost captured. His uncle, who was bald and captured, was released after being sworn by the Nama Diamond Knife.
In the eleventh year (1583), he assisted Bu Yan, the lord of Inner Khalkha, and gathered more than 30,000 people to avenge Su Bahai, but they were repulsed by the Ming general Li Pinghu.
Su Bahai, one of the three chiefs of the Taining tribe in Duoyan, repeatedly invaded the Ming Dynasty border and was killed by Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.
After his death, his second son, Tu'er, wanted revenge. He repeatedly invaded the border and united with other tribes, but was eventually killed by Dong Yiyuan.
After the death of Chang Ang's wife, Dong Gui, he transferred his feelings for his beloved wife to his sister-in-law, and also took possession of the second daughter of Qingbadu (Dong Gui's sister) who was already suitable for Tumen Khan, so he fell out with Tumen Khan and became enemies.
In the nineteenth year (1591), it was attacked by Tumen Khan and the Ming army. After that, there were wars and peace with the Ming Dynasty.
In the twenty-ninth year (1601), in order to appease him, the Ming Dynasty allowed the restoration of the wood market. The Wood Market was a mutual trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian and Jurchen peoples, mainly for the exchange of wood and cloth.
In the thirty-fourth year (1606), he gathered troops in front of Shanhaiguan. Soon, he fell from his horse and died while hunting, and Duoyan Guard also declined.
Su Budi didn't have the majesty of his grandfather, so he could only survive by relying on his ancestor's name.
However, Su Budi had a deep grudge with Jian Nu, and he also had a deep conflict with Karaqin Khan.
So last year, when Prince Tumut and Jinong of Ordos joined forces with Haraqin Khan, Hongtaiji and the Duoyan tribes to fight against Lin Dan Khan's Western Expedition, Su Budi moved along and could not move, and the ink was stained for a long time.
Lin Dan Khan's western expedition caused various Mongolian tribes in Monan to send letters to Huang Taiji in an attempt to win over Huang Taiji to send troops to jointly fight against Lin Dan Khan.
And Emperor Chongzhen also saw clearly that no matter whether the Ming Dynasty gave them assistance or not, it would not change their pace of becoming more and more pro-slaves.
After 1627, those tabunangs from Jinong in Ordos to Duoyan were turning to Shenyang collectively.
If Yuan Chonghuan's repeated insistence on market rewards is still effective, it is only effective for Su Budi. Not only did he not want to get close to Lin Dan Khan, he was also jealous and disgusted with Khan A Hai, and his hatred for Jian Nu was as deep as the sea.
In the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji broke through and invaded. In the entire Duoyan, only Su Budi did not participate in the invasion of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he attacked several cities occupied by the Jin soldiers.
Regarding the policy towards Mongolia, Yuan Chonghuan and Chongzhen had great differences.
In fact, to be fair, Monan Mongolia is not strong enough to fight against Lin Dan Khan. They must unite with Jiannu to protect themselves.
And because of the difference in power balance, they turned from cooperation to refuge and protection.
It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to really win over Duoyan and other tribes just by relying on market rewards.
Famine was only a temporary difficulty, but Lin Dan Khan was a life-and-death enemy, and what he wanted to rob was pasture, women, slaves, cattle and sheep.
Lin Dan Khan's great ambition to unify Mongolia was at the expense of the interests of various princes, Jinong, Taiji, and Nayan.
The enemy of your enemy is naturally your friend. Therefore, as long as Lin Danhan's problem is not resolved, Duoyan will move closer to Shenyang sooner or later.
Lin Dan Khan wanted to follow the path of Genghis Khan again and unify Mongolia through conquest and annexation. But times have changed, and the empty city plan doesn’t work for the second time.
During the Genghis Khan era, we were surrounded by old empires in their final stages. Whether it is the Jin Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, Xixia, or the Khwarezm, Persia, and Arab empires, they have all passed the peak of their glory, and are all on the way to destruction in decline.
At this time, Houjin was like the rising sun.
From a historical perspective, the most capable people in China have always been the Northeasterners. They are born conquerors.
Northeasterners will always suppress the Mongolian Plateau. When the Northeast rises, the Mongolian Plateau will have no chance.
The Xiongnu were driven away by the Donghu people and went to Europe.
Rouran was driven away by the Xianbei people who came out of the Greater Khingan Mountains.
The Khitans were killed by the Jurchens on the Songhua River.
In fact, Genghis Khan's branch came from the Mongolian beggar tribe. They are also nomadic in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang in Northeast China. Eventually unified Mongolia and established the largest empire in human history.
The rise of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties at the end of the Ming Dynasty completely disintegrated the three major Mongolian groups, and by the time of Qianlong, the last resistance forces were eliminated. The last baby boy of the Zhungeer tribe was hanged with a bowstring, and the Oirat people and the Wala people, who were famous in the world at that time, were completely destroyed.
Now that Jiannu is rising again, there will be nothing left for these tribes on the Mongolian Plateau.
What's even more terrible is that at this time, Mongolia was full of various princes, large and small khans, and Taijis were as numerous as cattle and sheep, and their faces were everywhere.
Why is this happening? Who made them Khan? Where was their legal system granted?
Their title of khan came from the Dalai Lama and the Lama who bestowed "khan titles" on the leaders scattered throughout Mongolia, which resulted in the proliferation of "great khans" in the late Northern Yuan Dynasty. Lin Dan Khan's prestige as the great khan of all Mongolia was difficult to establish.
Later generations believed that an important reason for Lin Dan Khan's failure was that the entire Mongolian region had embraced the Gelug Sect of the Tibetan Yellow Sect from top to bottom.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Lin Dan Khan himself converted to the Sakya Flower Cult. As a result, his war of unification took on the color of a religious war and was fiercely resisted by everyone, both high and low.
In fact, Su Budi is one of the rare people who understands. He has a clear vision of the future of the Mongols. He is actually the person who understands Lin Dan Khan the best.
Mongolia will have no future if it is not unified, and Lin Dan Khan converted to Flower Religion. He was the one who truly understood Lin Dan Khan's intentions.
Therefore, he was not interested in the cause of resisting Lin Dan Khan, nor was he active in wooing the Manchus.
In 1604, when Lindan Khan came to the throne, the fourth Dalai Lama Yunden Gyatso, who was also born in the Mongolian golden family, appointed the great Ci Nomon Khan Madali Hutuktu to go to the palace of Lindan Khan as the general representative of the Gelug sect in Mongolia.
In order to gain support from the upper echelons of Gelug sect monks, Lin Dan Khan welcomed Madari Hutuktu.
Madari Hutuktu held an initiation ceremony for Lindan Khan who had just ascended the throne, and imparted the title "Lindan Hutuktu Khan" bestowed upon Lindan Khan by the fourth Dalai Lama Yunden Gyatso.
Lin Dan Khan, who was 13 years old at the time, could not choose his own beliefs. At that time, he did not fully understand the meaning of this choice. It was more that the ministers around him made the decision for him.
As Lin Dan Khan grew up and gained more experience, Lin Dan Khan had different views on the religious role of the Gelug Sect in Mongolia.
In his opinion, the rituals of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism have harmed the development of the Mongolian nation and the establishment of the authority of the Khan in at least three aspects.
First, lamas who convert to the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism are not allowed to marry, which invisibly reduces the reproduction of the Mongolian population and limits the growth of the Mongolian population;
The second is the reincarnation ritual taught by the Gelug sect, which advocates not killing, not fighting with weapons, and being compassionate. In the morning and evening prayers, the bravery of the Mongolian people, including the Chahar people, is slowly eroded. The martial spirit gradually made the Chahar warriors lose their fighting spirit.
Third, the upper-level great lamas of the Gelug sect granted "Khan titles" to the leaders scattered throughout Mongolia, which resulted in the proliferation of "Great Khans" in the late Northern Yuan Dynasty. Lin Dan Khan's prestige as the Great Khan of Mongolia was difficult to establish.
In addition, Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, believed in the Sakya sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Lin Dan Khan believed that his conversion to the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism at that time was obviously contrary to the tradition of his ancestors.
(Note, this paragraph quotes some documents from Chahar history researchers. The plot requires it and does not represent the author’s views.)
However, doing the right thing does not necessarily lead to a good outcome.
Many times, there are conditions required to accomplish something.
During the Song and Ming dynasties, every emperor knew that without reform, the empire would be over sooner or later. However, all the emperors' efforts ultimately failed. Not only did their careers fail, but their average age was only in their early thirties.
Lin Dan Khan’s tragedy is just repeated.
Su Budi has seen through Lin Danhan's future. No one will really support him. Failure will only happen sooner or later. From then on he was just pretending.
This time Khan Ahai came forward to organize the robbery of Duolun City. He could not object because the reclamation harmed everyone's interests. If he opposes it, he will be lost to everyone.
He also doesn't want to go to war with either the Ming Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan, or Jiannu. This is meaningless to him.
His erratic behavior among various forces is actually just a cover-up and self-protection. Everyone saw him as a capricious person, which was exactly what he wanted.
Looking at the dissolute tabunangs in the big tent, he felt uninterested in both the wine and the singing and dancing.
There is no grudge between him and Nairen Battelle. He did not participate in the Battle of Zhaocheng, and the death of King Shunyi had nothing to do with it.
Last night, he sent someone to sneak into the barbed wire fence to observe the newly rising city. That city is not that easy to fight.
This war just means it. There is no need to fight to the death.
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