For the whole of Mongolia, the sixth year of Chongzhen was the worst year.
The Great Khan of all Mongolia died in Qinghai, all Eastern Mongolia was attached to the Jin Kingdom, Mongolia surrendered to China, and only the crumbling Khalkha Mongolia remained among the three independent Mongolian parts.
Duntaurus is China.
The Khalkhas are not an old tribe. Their ancestors can only be traced back to the Jiajing period, when they were founded by the eleventh son of Dayan Khan, Gessen Zhazhaer.
He was nomadic in the north of Hanhai, and his first name was Khalkha. His seven sons were the seven tribes of Khalkha, among which the eldest son, second son, and youngest son were the right wing; the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth sons were the left wing.
There were no Khans in the original Khalkhas. They were ten thousand households of Khalkhas under the leadership of the Khan Court.
The third son of the left wing, Wei Zhengnuonuo and his son Abadai, were in decline at that time, and Anda became the Khan.
Abadai personally went to the Tumote tribe of Ada Khan and presented tens of thousands of mink skins, tents, coins, silk, livestock, etc. to meet the great monk of the Yellow Sect III. He was given the title of Khan and became the first Khan of Khalkha.
Abadai then took over the left wing of Khalkha and appointed his brother Laihuer as the Khan of the right wing.
So far, there is a khan on the left and right wings of Khalkha, both from the line of Wei Zheng Nuonuohe, the third oldest.
In the fifteenth year of Wanli, a battle broke out between the right wing of Khalkha and the Oirat at Kuboker near Hangai Mountain, and Baihuer died in the hands of the Oirat.
Nine years later, in the 24th year of Wanli, the left and right wings of Khalkha held a khuritai on the banks of the Tarni River and elected Subadi as Zasak Tuhan.
After that, Subadi raised an army to avenge his father, conquered Oirat, and set up Huitaiji to manage Oirat. Later, the four Oirat forces joined forces to repel Oirat in the third year of Tianqi, and got rid of control.
The two sides were at war and at peace, and the situation has continued to this day. This is the origin of Zasak Tuhan on the right wing of Khalkha.
While the right wing maintained its power, the left wing was closer to the Khan's court. Every time Lin Dan Khan made trouble in Monan, the scattered tribesmen would defect to the left wing.
This was originally a good thing for the left wing, but because the spoils were always unevenly distributed, several internal strife occurred. For example, in the past, the great nobleman who ranked fifth on the left wing was the loser in the internal strife. He was expelled by the left wing, fled his hometown, and was finally buried. Bajiao City is called Chuoketu Taiji.
Another example is the Chechen Khan Shuolei.
The left wing of Khalkha is the third, fourth, fifth and sixth among the seven sons.
The third child was the later Abadai Khan; the fourth child was named Amindulal, who was also the fourth uncle of Abadai Khan.
According to Mongolian tradition, Abadai's lineage was called Khan and became the leader of the left and right wings. However, Amindu Lale was particularly lucky. His fifth brother Dalai had no sons. According to tradition, after the death of the fifth brother, all his subjects returned to the throne. Amin.
Amin had two sons, but the eldest son had no sons, and the second son, Moluo, only had an only son. In other words, other families were blessed with many sons, and their tribes and wealth were dispersed more and more through inheritance. Only Amindu Lal's branch has completed the primitive accumulation of wealth through two generations of single inheritance.
This only son is Shuolei.
If people in the Golden Family are all born with golden keys in their mouths, then when Shuolei was born, he not only had the golden keys left to him by his grandfather and father in his mouth, but he even held the golden keys left to him by his fifth grandfather and uncle in his hands. golden bowl.
This kind of golden key and this bowl are so terrible, it's like a gift from God.
The entire Khalkha can mobilize 150,000 troops, including 70,000 on the right wing, 40,000 on the left wing, and 40,000 on the left wing. If the left and right wings want to fight, the Khan must first pull a bunch of Mongolian Taiji and Noyan nobles and feudal lords to form a coalition, and then go out to fight. Let’s open a khuritai first.
You can fight with the wind, and you can save your strength when the wind is against you. After all, you have to live in your own tribe after fighting, and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away when you go back, and the lords may not be able to find them. This leads to sometimes feudal nobles and the Khan King in the war. Interests are not unified.
Lin Danhan rebelled against his relatives and was abandoned by the nobles, and finally ended up leading 40,000 troops to die in Qinghai.
Shuolei was different. All of his subordinates were directly governed tribes. They were all led by Zaisang, Darhan, and Batuer. They were all Mongolian troops capable of fighting tough battles wherever they were directed.
After all, this group of people is useless on the battlefield. Shuolei can be the master and kill people directly. Even if he runs away, won't he still be Shuolei's direct tribe when he returns home? Where can he run to?
There were four original stocks in the left wing, and Shuolei inherited two shares, which was only one percent away from controlling the shares.
Long before the internal strife of the left wing, Taijis like Chok Rabbit had to place their signatures behind junior Shuo Lei when the Khalkha Left Wing Khuritai Conference established the "Birch Bark Law", and Shuo Lei ranked fourth.
The three people ranked in front of Shuolei are the previous left-wingers Mergen Khan Elek, Seyinnoyan Tumenken, and Sonodai Qinghong Taiji, all of whom are one generation higher than Shuolei.
The people who lined up behind Shuolei were all old guys who were a generation above him. Among his peers, the highest-ranking one was Gunbutaiji, the son of the Great Khan, who ranked seventeenth.
This is because Gunbutaiji has the huge influence of Abadai Khan's line, otherwise his status would have to be slightly lower.
When Lin Dan Khan moved westward, he became the first choice target of the Chahar people to defect to him because of his marriage relationship. One percent of the holding came, allowing him to fully exercise all the powers of the left-wing Khan.
At this time, the throne of the Left-wing Khan was vacant. After the death of Mergen Khan Elek, it was time for Gunbu to succeed. However, the succession required the convening of the Left-wing Khuritai, and the convening of the Khuritai Conference required the consent of Huitai Jishuolei.
Shuolei didn't mind convening a huritai. To put it bluntly, his strength could already ignore whether there was a Khan on the left wing, but the Chahar nobles who had taken refuge with him were not happy. They thought that since Lin Dan Khan had escaped, the hope of preserving the entire Mongolia Concentrated on Shuolei.
Since they abandoned Lin Dan Khan, they naturally hoped that the Great Khan would ascend to heaven as soon as possible, and Shuolei would declare his succession to the throne of Khan by force, command more tribes, and resist the Jin Kingdom's encroachment on Mongolia.
In fact, outside, people have long called Gunbu the Left-wing Khan and Shuolei the Chechen Khan. But in fact, Gunbu has not inherited the throne of Khan until now, and Shuolei's traditional title is actually Dalai Chechenhun. Taiji.
The Khuritai Congress could not be held smoothly, and Gunbu could not inherit the throne of Khan. Shuolei managed the left wing as Hutaiji, but his name was not justified. The right wing did not recognize him, and the right-wing Khan King Subadi became The leader of Khalkha's left and right wings.
In a world where only Gunbu was injured, everyone found that there was nothing wrong with not convening the Khuritai Conference, and Gunbu's succession was so awkward.
So in fact, there were many people in Khalkha who paid tribute to Liu Chengzong. Subadi and Shuolei could explain clearly the matters about the left and right wings.
Even the tribute gift from Khalkha Mongolia to Liu Chengzong was extremely grand - Subadi came in person, bringing Babu, Shuolei's second son, who was only fifteen years old.
As the nominal ruler of Mobei Mongolia, Subadi should not appear in this scene of the first interaction between the two forces.
In fact, by sending an envoy at this moment, they have shown the greatest respect to Daiqing Khitan Khan of Duntaurus, which is enough to lay the foundation for friendly coexistence between the two sides.
It's just that this tribute is not just friendly enough for Khalkha.
Just before Subadi set out, the leaders of the three Khalkha tribes received an edict from Duntaurus, who was supported by Oirat and requested the surrender of Mongolia.
Speaking of which, Gun Bu should thank Liu Chengzong. Without this letter, his succession would have been awkward for a long time.
Relying on Oirat's support of the Chinese Khan, Subadi had no choice. He convened the Khuritai Conference, which had been deadlocked for a long time. At the conference, it was proposed that Gunbu should succeed the left-wing Khan. As a compromise, Shuolei was elected by his tribe as the Chechen Khan. sweat.
However, in order to follow tradition, Shuolei had to refuse to accept it and submitted the tribe's request to Gunbu, the successor of Left-wing Khan. With Gunbu's approval, he was called Chechen Khan.
This way there will be no problem with the procedure.
Subadi was willing to do this because he could already foresee that a war was brewing in Monan, a war where the east and west collided to determine fate.
In Subadi's view, this upcoming war is undoubtedly a comic tragedy, because both sides of the war are Han people and Jurchens on the other side, but the fate of the Mongols will ultimately be decided.
As the only remaining independent alliance in Mongolia... Khalkha was originally not an alliance, but Subadi needed an alliance that could support the war, so he was willing to let Gunbu and Shuolei claim the title of Khan at the same time, maintain the strength advantage of the right wing, and combine the three The Khans coalesced into a Mongol alliance.
Only the three powerful nobles of Khalkha can work together to push Khalkha, the only remaining independent alliance in Mongolia, onto the battlefield as a participant in the war.
Subadi believed that Khalkha could not hide or escape from this war, and the final battle would definitely begin at Fengzhou Beach.
It is the intersection of China, Jin Kingdom and Khalkha. It has the richest land in Mongolia and the most decent fortifications in Mongolia, Guihua City. This means that whoever occupies Fengzhou Beach can control it. All of Mongolia.
The three Khalkha powerful parties have different views on this matter. What they have in common is that they are unwilling to be controlled by others.
The left-wing Khan King Gunbu had no ambitions and believed that the Khalkhas did not need to pay attention to any invitations from the Jin Kingdom and China, nor did they need to pay attention to the affairs of the Chahar Khan Court. The Khalkha Alliance, which had 100,000 troops, could close the door and stay out of the matter.
The right-wing Khan King Subadi had a weak view, believing that they could reach an alliance with Chinese Khan Liu Chengzong on the condition that they did not recognize the Han people's inheritance of the Mongol Khan's heritage, and jointly deal with Hou Jin who had occupied Guihua City.
This is mainly because the right wing of Khalkha is closer to Oirat. The Jin Dynasty can expedition to Khalkha. Subadi feels that it cannot attack the right wing, but Liu Chengzong can really let Oirat attack the right wing of Khalkha.
Because of old and new hatreds, Oirat defected to the new master, it can be foreseen that in the next few years there will be unprecedented unity, conquests and expansion in all directions, where to expand?
Expansion to the right flank of Khalkha.
Subadi was not very afraid of Weilat.
When they fight Oirat, it's not certain who will win, but the current situation no longer allows Khalkha to fight Oirat again.
Originally Subadi wanted to reach an agreement with Batur Hutaiji of Junggar, but now that there is a figure like Liu Chengzong, Subadi thought it would be better to come and talk to Liu Chengzong in person.
If Liu Chengzong can restrain Oirat, then both parties can live in peace and free the right wing from worries.
If Liu Chengzong cannot restrain Oirat, the situation will be better, not a small good, but a big good.
This shows that the Han King Khan has insufficient control. When the time comes, he can join Liu Chengzong in crusading against Oirat, taking the opportunity to annex Oirat's tribe and expand Khalkha's territory.
Chechen Khan Wang Shuolei did not have Subadi's concerns, and he did not look down on Gunbu's irresponsible behavior.
He is the most noble nobleman in Mongolia at this moment and the most powerful one. He should shoulder the responsibility of maintaining the orthodoxy of the Khanate and complete the feat of revitalizing the Mongol Khanate.
Of course, it is not Lin Danhan's method of reviving after breaking his own arm first and then making enemies of the whole world. Shuolei advocates being ready to go - he doesn't know what Liu Chengzong's situation is, but he knows the situation of the Jin Kingdom.
Compared with the Jin Kingdom, Khalkha had no advantages in all aspects except military strength.
Their iron equipment rate is very high, but the advanced equipment from the Lin Dan Khan era is less than one in ten. Most of the equipment is from the Dayan Khan era, and the relatively backward equipment is from the Xian Taishi era. I accidentally found a few pieces of Xue Chan Khan and Kublai Khan. The armor films produced during the Zhiyuan period are not surprising either.
What can I say? Anyway, heavy equipment was popular back then. After continuous polishing, it is just right in this era when light equipment is popular.
It may not be a big problem to fight Horqin on the left and right wings, but if you want to fight against the Eight Banners Soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, only the direct subordinates of Shuolei Headquarters have hope.
But his 30,000 people were gone after they defeated the Chechnya.
Therefore, Shuolei must accumulate strength, send envoys to China and Jin, wait for the opportunity, and then lead his army to join the competition.
If there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, try to avoid war and maintain the independent status of the Mongol Khanate. Even if war is unavoidable, try your best to ensure that the war ends. There is still a place in Mobei where Mongolians can walk as Mongols.
With different wishes in mind, Subadi and Shuolei's fifteen-year-old son Babu walked into the source of Hehuang River and approached the new city carrying gifts.
After entering Qinghai Lake, they saw groups of Mongolian grooms driving their horses past them, which made the uncle and nephew frown.
Those Hequ horses are all without exception. They all have bulging leg muscles, round buttocks, visible ribs, and shiny and smooth manes and tails. They are all Mongolian nobles who are familiar with war horses. They recognize clearly that this is obviously a horse. Batteries of war horses that have been adjusted to combat status.
Moreover, it is a war horse tuned using Mongolian methods.
In the era when the Mongol Khanate was powerful, the posture of the war horse was adjusted like this.
In early autumn, let the war horses fatten up, and then run fast with people, add fresh grass at night, and store a lot of dry food. After the war horses are strong, they ride up the mountain, put on the vests, sprint slowly, and then climb again, and then shave off the sweat. Felt, continue to add fresh grass at night.
It lasted for more than a month, and then only fed grass, and trained at intervals between long-distance running with light armor and sprint driving with heavy armor. No more grass was added at night to reduce the weight of the war horse.
Finally, the war horses will form such a posture that they can ride two horses in the autumn and go out to fight with no disadvantages.
It has been a long time since Khalkha has trained horses like this. The craftsmanship of the ancestors is still there, but the financial resources of the ancestors are gone.
Along the way, Subadi counted hundreds of well-trained war horses like this, and saw at least six or seven thousand, which made him murmur in his heart.
He said to Babu, Shuolei's son who was traveling with him: "When you meet the Khitan Khan, I think you should kowtow to him according to their etiquette. Their horses... what do you mean, they are ready to beat anyone who doesn't come?"
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