"Your Majesty," Gao Hongtu, the governor of Yanyun, has also arrived in Rehe City. When he heard that Zhu Youjian was going to send troops to attack the Hanhetao, he quickly sent out to ask for a fight, "I am the governor of Yanyun, and the Hanhetao is my jurisdiction. It should be under my jurisdiction. I and Zhao, the commander-in-chief of Yanshan, will lead the troops there, and your majesty should sit in the Rehe Castle and take charge of the overall situation."
Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said with a smile: "Gaozhijun, although you can also run the army and use troops, you are still inferior to Huang Taiji... And Huang Taiji's garrison in Qingcheng is to fight me in Yanshan. If I don't go to meet the enemy in person, , aren’t you afraid of Huang Taiji?”
What he said was very beautiful. In fact, he had prepared 36 black-conscience 3-pound black cannons for Huang Taiji, and was preparing to severely injure Huang Taiji.
It may not be possible to send Huangtaiji to the west, but the intensive bombardment of 36 3-pound black cannons can still create a gap in the rear Jin army's front... and then the iron cavalry can launch a group charge!
Gao Hongtu, a civil servant, could not do the job of clearing the way with black artillery and charging with cavalry.
Zhu Youjian paused and then said: "You and Mr. Zhao stay here in Rehe City and build the two forts of Rehe and Gouguan for me as soon as possible!
In addition, the placement of military and civilian residences for thousands of households along the Rehe and Luanhe rivers must also be accelerated. I didn't take Yanshan just to pacify the captives and exterminate the slaves, but the land of Yanshan is extremely important to today's Ming Dynasty. Not only can this place serve as a barrier to the country, but there are also dozens or hundreds of valleys and basins where people can farm... which can somewhat alleviate the problem of too many people and little land in the mouth. At the same time, it is also the beginning of our Ming Dynasty's transition from retreat to advancement and continuous development, so we must work hard! "
Although the Yanshan Mountains are not a rich agricultural area, there are many valleys, river valleys, and basins that can be cultivated to support a lot of people!
Moreover, Zhu Youjian also knew that there were potatoes, sweet potatoes, and old corn... all of them could survive!
Gao Hongtu didn't really want to lead his troops to fight Huang Taiji. Now after listening to Zhu Youjian's words, he just stayed in Rehe and cultivated the land with peace of mind, so he responded loudly: "I have received the decree, and I will do my best to manage it for your majesty." Yanshan.”
Zhu Youjian nodded tentatively, and then looked at Zhu Chunchen, the stay-at-home guard at Rehe Palace and the garrison officer in Xingzhou.
Zhu Chunchen immediately came out of the queue and said with a smile: "Long live your Majesty, I am also working hard to run the Rehe Palace for Your Majesty."
The so-called Rehe Palace has actually not started construction yet! It's just an idea of Zhu Youjian - he found that there is a particularly beautiful landscape on the west bank of Rehe, and it is in the center of Yanshan Mountain. To the north is the grassland, to the east is Liaoxi, to the south is Beijing not far from the Great Wall, and to the south is Beijing. To the west is Xuanfu. Moreover, the Rehe River is connected to the Luan River, and can also be connected to Yongping Haikou during the flood season every year. The transportation is relatively convenient, and it is the key to controlling Yanshan Mountain. So the idea of setting up a palace in Rehe came up.
And Zhu Chunchen's "Rehe Palace Stay" is actually a false name, just to listen to the officials - how come he is the Duke of Chengguo, the Governor of the Left, the Prince's Young Master, and also served as the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Camp, to give him a boost. The state defense looked a little smaller.
Zhu Youjian waved his hand, "Cheng Guogong is a descendant of King Dongping, how can he delay his meritorious service by building a house for me? Last time at the foot of Tangzhi Mountain, you took the lead and made great achievements. This time you must do it Keep up the good work... By the way, remember to bring a weapon when you charge into the battle this time, don't charge into the battle with bare hands again!"
The story of Cheng Guogong charging into the slave formation with his bare hands has become a joke, spreading throughout the circles of nobles and hereditary military attachés in Beijing.
"I, I obey your order..." Zhu Chunchen's cheeks felt hot, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "I must remember to bring a spear this time..."
Zhu Youjian nodded, "Okay... Duke Cheng, I will give you 10 days to summon 1,000 military knights to Rehe. In 10 days, I will send troops to insert troops into the Han River to fight against the slave thief Huang Taiji." Fight to the death!"
...
At the foot of Yanshan Mountain, Saihanba Grassland.
This grassland originally belonged to a tribe in Karaqin Mongolia, but now it is the grassland shared by Zhu Youjian's Duoyan Wanhu Urdu and Uliangha Wanhu Urdu - these two Wanhu Urdu The brand name is quite big, but it actually has not many households. By February of the second year of Chongzhen, there were only more than 6,000 households in Uliangha's Orduo, and the number of households in Duoyan's O'erduo was even smaller. More than 3,600 households.
Adding up the two million households, there are only more than 9,600 households, but they occupy the Bashang grassland that originally belonged to the Ulianghawan households and the Karaqin tribes. There were originally many fertile Bashang grasslands that belonged to the Ulianghawan households and the Karaqin tribes. The small tribes of the Haraqin tribes (these two groups of Mongols actually do not have a strong core, they are two very loose tribal alliances), but due to the continuous wars and the strong integration of Princess Ulyanha, many tribes They all went far away.
Therefore, the entire Bashang grassland was empty during the first and second years of Chongzhen. However, the Saihanba Grassland at the foot of Yanshan Mountain suddenly became lively at this time. Groups of yurts can be seen everywhere on the green grassland. White cloud-like flocks of sheep and yellow and brown cattle flowed everywhere on the hillside.
There are also large groups of strong Mongolian men, riding their short-legged horses with good endurance, running around on the grassland. Some of these knights were holding knives, some were holding guns. They whistled one after another and ran in groups, as if they were practicing some kind of battle formation.
Lindan Batur, the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, was riding a tall horse, surrounded by a group of Gallic iron cavalry, standing on a high slope. However, he did not watch the Mongolian cavalry training and charging at the foot of the hillside. While meeting with the two ten-captains who had just pledged their allegiance to Zhu Youjian, the Uliangha Wanhu Orduo, and the Boljijin Mo Rigen who had been escorted by the two ten-captains.
"Reporting to the Great Khan, King Huang Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty did arrive at Mameng Mountain... He left Shenyang City on February 15th with the elites of two yellow flags, two white flags and two red flags. Because he did not lead many troops, Therefore, the march was very fast, and we arrived at the Qingcheng Fortress at the foot of Mameng Mountain on the first day of March."
The Mongolian Zhongliang Bo'er Ji Jin. Mo Rigen was lying in front of Lin Dan Batur's horse, reporting to the Mongolian Khan everything he knew about the deployment of the Jin army.
Lindan Batur listened to Mo Rigen's words, and there was no wave on his somewhat gloomy face - because this was not the first time he had heard such good news these days!
I have to say that this Mongolian Khan is still very popular! In addition to the Horqin Mongolia who followed Jianzhou Jurchen wholeheartedly, among the other Mongolian tribes that relied on Jianzhou, there were a large number of Mongolians who had personally inserted themselves into the Hanzhong Khan (Genghis Khan and the Golden Family are simply the gods of Mongolia), so when Lin Dan Batur stationed troops After the news of the Saihanba grassland reached left-wing Mongolia, they continued to cross thousands of miles of pine forests to seek refuge with the Mongols who were sweating.
The news they brought about Huang Taiji and the Hou Jin Army was similar... that was, due to insufficient military rations, Huang Taiji was unable to dispatch a large army, so he could only lead less than 10,000 elite troops to Mameng Mountain to support Mang Gurtai.
"Brother," Lindan Batur's younger brother Qutut Taiji came up and whispered, "Taiji Neqi from the Zarut tribe and Taiji Sebuteng from the Bahrain tribe are willing to join us and become our Among the internal agents... Naiman and Ao Han, there are also many people who are willing to return to the Great Khan. This is a rare opportunity!"
The Zalut tribe and the Bahrain tribe are two of the five battalions of the fried flowers, and they are very powerful. They were originally enemies of the Jianzhou Jurchens, but because of Lin Dan Batur's improper measures, they allied themselves with Hou Jin. Naiman and Aohan were originally part of the Eighth Camp of the Han Dynasty, and they were forced to join Houjin as a last resort.
Now that Houjin's market is not going well, they want to change their family. There is nothing wrong with returning to Beiyuan, and it is also a common practice on the grassland...
"Brother," Princess Taisong, Lindan Batur's second sister, echoed her brother's suggestion, "Now that the decisive battle between the Southern Emperor and the Eastern Lu is about to begin, we should take action. We can't wait and see the success or failure on the Bashang Grassland. ? In case the Southern Emperor defeats the Eastern captives again...will the tribes such as Zalut, Balin, Aohan, and Naiman turn to the Ming Dynasty?"
"This..." Lindan Batur is the Great Khan of Mongolia after all! Of course he hated the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of his heart and did not trust it.
"Great Khan, in order to prevent the four tribes such as Zalut, Bahrain, Aohan, and Naiman from surrendering to the Ming Dynasty," Princess Taisong's husband Zhongjun Zai Sangchuk Taiji also suggested, "We should at least cross thousands of miles Pine forest, enter the Shelamu Forest (Huang River) on both sides...and then watch the success or failure of Mameng Mountain there."
Lin Dan Batur nodded and said with a smile: "This is the best way. After we pass through the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest, we don't want to touch the Jianzhou Jurchens. We continue to wait and see... As long as we stay away from the Jianzhou Jurchens, there will be nothing." It’s so scary.”
