A young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, but quite strong, wearing a Ming Dynasty-style breastplate and an iron helmet, and a group of companions of the same age, rode horseback to Batur Huntaijima, who was watching the battle from a high place. forward. The young man's armor was stained with blood, and he was carrying a bloody bundle in his right hand. When he arrived in front of Batur Hutaiji, he suddenly reined in the war horse. The war horse made a sucking neigh, raised its front hooves high, and then Then it fell heavily and hit the ground covered with ice and snow.
"Sengge!" Batur Hutaiji, who was already elderly, looked at the young man and showed a fond smile.
The Mongolian tradition is to pass on the throne to the youngest son (youngest son). This young man named Sengge is the fifth son of Batur Hutaiji. Although he is not the youngest son, he is the second youngest son. Batur Hutaiji's youngest son is Galdan, but Galdan's mother once made an agreement for reincarnation with the Living Buddha Wensa III who visited the Zhungar tribe - asking the living Buddha who was old and sick at that time to agree to reincarnation. Become your own son. After the old living Buddha agreed, he returned to Tibet and passed away not long after. Then Galdan's mother, Batur Hutaiji's wife, became pregnant and later gave birth to Galdan.
In other words, Galdan was the reincarnated Living Buddha when he was born, so of course he could not become the heir. So the monk in front of me is the successor of Batur Hutaiji.
And today's battle is the first battle that Sengge has participated in!
In order to help his son establish prestige as soon as possible, Batur Hutaiji selected 500 young men with strong martial arts skills from various subordinate tribes a year ago and asked them to serve as his son's partners. They were also equipped with armor and the best horses presented by the Ming Dynasty, and they were gathered together to train for battle.
Just when Yangjier Khan's Kazakh coalition was defeated by artillery fire, mounted musketeers and cavalry attacks by the Junggar army, Batur Hutaiji made a decisive decision and immediately asked his son Sengge to lead his 500 cavalry into the attack. Launching an attack on the location of Yang Jier Khan's banner, there is only one goal, which is to kill Kazakh Khan Yang Jier!
The Kazakh Khanate came from the Golden Horde. The Khan King was a descendant of Jochi. Although he believed in the Tianfang religion, the country's organization was still Mongolian. In fact, it was an alliance of nomadic tribes without strong centralized power. Once Yangjier Khan died, the Khanate could easily separate.
In this way, Batur Hutaiji can more easily conquer the entire Mongolstan - the land where the Junggar Khanate and the Kazakh Khanate are located is called Mongolstan by the Persians, which means the place of the Mongols.
Only by completely controlling this territory can the Jungar tribe have the possibility of establishing a khanate!
Batur Hutaiji, who was watching the battle from a high place, had already seen Yang Jier's formation being broken through and Kazakh Khan's banner falling. The only thing he was not sure about was Yang Jier Khan, who had great prestige in the Kazakh Khanate. Did anyone die?
"Father!" Sengge had already dismounted and came to Batur Hutaiji with the bloody bundle in his hands, "I brought Yang Jier's head!"
"Really?" Batur Hutaiji said happily, "Bring it to me and see!"
A guard who was following him immediately took the bloody bundle and opened it, revealing a dead head inside.
Batur Hutaiji was surrounded by advisers who had been on mission to the Kazakh Khanate. He took one look at the head and said ecstatically: "Hutaiji, Yang Jierhan is dead! This is his head!" "
"Hahaha..." Batur Hutaiji laughed three times, "The whole army attacks! We must let the Kazakhs know how powerful our Junggar tribe is! Let them know who belongs to Mughalistan Owner!"
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The death of Yangjier Khan was undoubtedly the beginning of dark years for the Kazakh Khanate. The country that had been barely unified fell apart. Large areas of fertile pasture were seized by the Junggar tribe. The divided Kazakh tribes fought among themselves to compete for the remaining grassland. Massacre.
For Batur Hutaiji, who is already getting older and his health is getting worse, victory does not mean the beginning of a happy life. Because he had already contracted the cold before the decisive battle in Chuhe, and he had a low fever for several days, so he went to the battlefield with a sick body.
Probably because his wish was fulfilled, the spirit that suppressed the illness suddenly dissipated. That night, Batur Hutaiji developed a high fever, coughed non-stop, and vomited red phlegm.
Knowing that his time was running out, Batur Hutaiji quickly ordered his heir Sengge, his eldest son Chechen, his second son Zhuote Babatur and his brother Chuhuur Ubas to be taken away from the camp on the bank of the Chu River, where they were drinking and celebrating. Recruited into his own camp. Moreover, he was asked to put on the python robe and black gauze hat of a first-class military attaché of the Ming Dynasty (both were sent with the cannon), and he held two imperial edicts issued by Zhu Cixiang in his hands.
One is after canonizing Batur Hutaiji as the Protector of Beiting, and the other is after canonizing Seng Ge as the Protector of Beiting!
As early as when Galdan was staying in Yulin, the acting king Zhu Cijiong was entrusted with requesting these two imperial edicts from Zhu Cihong.
Seeing Batur Hutaiji dressed like this, Sengge, Chechen, Zhuote Babatur and Chuhuur Ubas were all stunned.
what 's wrong? Why did Huitai Ji wear this fancy Ming Dynasty official uniform? Is it true that the Junggar tribe professed its submission to the Ming Dynasty?
Batur Hutaiji's eldest son Chechen looked at his father and asked: "Father, are you... going to fly the flag of the Ming Dynasty?"
Batur Hutaiji was noncommittal and turned his attention to his younger brother Chuhuur Ubas. Chuhu'er Ubas and Batur Hutaiji look very similar, but they are much younger. Their hair and beard are black and shiny, and their complexions look very healthy.
Among the Junggar tribe, Chuhu'er Ubas is still a rare "intellectual". He is proficient in Mongolian, Chagatai, Persian and Chinese. He can understand the military secret book "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" given by the Qing court. So Batur Hutaiji always regarded him as his Zhuge Liang.
Mongolian Zhuge Liang touched his beard, shook a folding fan (he couldn't find the goose feather fan, and had already asked Lama Celing to go to Nanjing to buy it for him), and pretended to think for a while.
"Does Huetai Ji want to get more assistance from the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Rakshasa Kingdom?"
Batur Hutaiji looked solemn, nodded slightly, and said: "My body is getting worse day by day, and I don't know when I will return to bliss... After my death, the Junggar tribe and the Sengge must We need to have someone to rely on, otherwise the ferocious Rakshasa people will definitely take the opportunity to seize Junggar’s land, cattle, sheep, and tribesmen, so we must get the support of the Ming Dynasty.”
In fact, Huetaiji of the Zhungeer tribe did not tell the truth to his brother. What he is most worried about now is not the Rakshasa Kingdom at all, but his "Brother Zhuge Liang". His eldest son, Chechen, and his second son, Zot Babatur, have no brains and are easily instigated. And Chuhuur Ubas is scheming against others and his own people all day long, which may incite infighting among Chechnya, Zot Babatur and Sengge...
Therefore, Batur Hutaiji wanted to use the banner of the Ming Dynasty to stabilize the status of his son Sengge, so that he could safely become the Protector of Beiting!
As for the threat from the Rakshasa Kingdom...as long as the Junggar tribe can unite internally and have the support of the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing to worry about!
The Rakshasa people are only powerful with their guns and cannons. Now that the Junggar tribe can also get these from the Ming Dynasty, what else is there to fear?
"But the Ming Dynasty asked us to send troops to the Yeerqiang Khanate!" Sengge was very worried when he saw his father's illness.
"Then send troops!" Batur Hutaiji coughed a few times, "Yerqiang is an ally with Kazakhstan and Bukhara, and has always opposed our Junggar tribe. Now that Kazakhstan has been temporarily defeated, it is time to free up our hands to deal with Yeerqiang. Khanate.
Moreover, Abdullah Khan of the Yerqiang Khanate was mean and ungrateful. After taking power, he massacred nobles from various tribes and expelled his brothers Ibrahim and Ismaildu...Abu The two brothers of Dulaha Khan are both here with us. Now we can use them as guides to join forces with the Ming army to advance from east to west and destroy the Yeerqiang Khanate in one fell swoop! "
"But, father...your body..." Sengge looked at his father, feeling a little worried.
Batur Hutaiji held up the imperial edict of Zhu Cixang's canonization of monks, and tried to raise his voice: "This is the edict of the Emperor of Heaven to appoint you as the governor of the Beiting Festival! You are now a member of the Junggar tribe who was granted the title of Emperor of Heaven. The heir... If I fail, you will naturally have to shoulder the responsibility of sending troops to the Yeerqiang Khanate!"
