Due to the massive melting of ice and snow on the Xing'anling Mountains, the Xilin River, which almost stopped flowing before the freeze last winter, is now moisturized again. The withered land on both sides of the Xilin River has also revived with the rising water of the Xilin River. Almost within a few days, the land as desolate as the Gobi Desert turned into a lush green prairie.
More than a hundred Baoyi left the camp consisting of yurts early and headed for a wasteland beside the Xilin River. None of them had weapons, only wheelbarrows loaded with farm tools and large bulging bags.
Amidst the stern shouts, Zhang Xiaoqi followed several armored soldiers of the Han army with red flags, urging these coated slaves to speed up and rush to the place where they were working today.
Zhang Xiaoqi followed his boss Fan Wencai from Wudan City to the east of Qianli Pine Forest to the Xilin River Camp to the west of Qianli Pine Forest after the beginning of spring. The Xilin River Camp was a stronghold established by Hauge's troops on the banks of the Xilin River last autumn after passing through thousands of miles of pine forests. It is also the fundamental place of the Great Jin Kingdom to the west of Qianli Pine Forest.
Taking advantage of the shock effect brought about by killing Hutu Dunhan, Hauge, who did not bring many troops and supplies across the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest, quickly gained the support of the Sunit tribe and Keshiketeng who were nomadic to the west of the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest. With the support of the Han tribe and the Alakzot tribe, a large number of cattle, sheep and horses were obtained from these three camps of the Han tribe. They were also able to recruit some small tribes that had been scattered on the prairie due to years of war, and thus pieced together a "Two Yellow Flags Golden Mongolia" and temporarily established a firm foothold on the grasslands on both sides of the Xilin River.
However, Haug didn’t want to be nomadic on the grasslands along the Xilin River. This was not the task assigned to him by his Ama Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji had two goals in letting Haug go out to the Qianli Pine Forest. One was to win over and conquer the various Han tribes; At the same time, they expanded the Mongolian power of the Two Yellow Banners led by father and son Huang Taiji and Hauge; the second was to outflank the Yanshan towns of the Ming Dynasty.
To achieve the second goal, Hauge cannot just grab someone and run away. He had to establish a large stronghold to the west of Qianli Pine Forest that could sustainably compete with the Ming Dynasty!
The location selection of this large stronghold is also very particular. First, it cannot be too close to the Yanshan towns of the Ming Dynasty, and of course it cannot be too far; second, there must be Mongolian tribes that can be conquered; third, it is easy to enter and exit the thousands of miles of pine forest - if something goes wrong, run away quickly! The fourth is that there must be dangers to defend; the fifth is that there must be certain conditions for agricultural development.
The area on both sides of the Xilin River where the later Xilin Gol League was located met all the conditions, so it was selected by Hauge and became his fundamental place west of the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest.
The two sides of the Xilin River are only about 400 miles away from the original Kaipingwei (Yuan Shangdu) at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain. This distance is about the same as the distance from Kaipingwei to Zhangjiakou. For the highly mobile "Golden Mongolia", it is certainly more advantageous.
Moreover, there is a desert called Dashawo to the south of the Xilin River Basin. For the enemy who has been running for hundreds of miles and is exhausted, this desert is a natural danger that is difficult to cross.
In addition, the Xilin River Basin and its surroundings were originally the nomadic territory of the Chahan tribe, and the three camps of the Chahan tribe are still nomadic in this area. Although the Kingdom of Jin killed the Hutu Dun Khan who invaded the Han tribe, these camps of the Han tribe were very independent. They were just dependent on the Khan Wanhu who invaded the Han tribe. If something went wrong, they could be used as The grass on the wall. However, these idiots can invest money in money now, and they can also invest money in money in the future...
But now Hauge has indeed found a good place to settle west of Qianli Pine Forest.
However, finding a territory does not mean that you will be able to gain a firm foothold for a long time!
Therefore, Hauge had to command his tribe to reclaim land and build infrastructure along the Xilin River... Because relying solely on nomadism, there was no way for the Jin Mongolia to lay down a foundation along the Xilin River and fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Fan Wencai came from Wudan City with Zhang Xiaoqi and other Han troops to take root for Hauge - to take root, he had to build a city and farm the land. We have to let Fan Wencai lead a gang of traitors to do this!
However, the person being escorted by Zhang Xiaoqi now is not the Han Bao Yi, but the Mongolian Bao Yi newly recruited by Hauge on the bank of Xilin River - this Bao Yi slave will definitely not be a good thing in the eyes of later generations, but at that time, it was also entered. system!
Only by entering the system of the Great Jin Kingdom can you rise one level at a time! If the cake of the Kingdom of Jin grows as big as it did in history, they will be happy. Their children and grandchildren will be able to eat it, and they will also have a Beijing household registration and a courtyard house within the Second Ring Road of Beijing!
Therefore, for the Han and Mongolians under the rule of the Later Jin Dynasty, becoming a Baoyi actually meant squeezing into the military merit system of the Later Jin Dynasty. As for how far they could go, it all depended on their own destiny and that of the Great Jin Kingdom.
Moreover, the slaves of the coated slaves are for the banner masters, and their status is nobler than that of ordinary Han people and Mongolians!
Now Zhang Xiaoqi has been promoted from Bao Yi to a full-fledged flag officer. Da Jin Kingdom already has a small group of him, and he is qualified to share the spoils (although it is not much, but it is really there. This time he sends troops to the pine forest thousands of miles away, give it to him How many kilograms of mutton were divided), if the Kingdom of Jin really conquers the world, haha... The descendants of the descendants will have hard-core crops, and they can eat them until the Revolution of 1911!
Moreover, Fan Wencai also sent more than a hundred new Mongolian warriors to give him command, which made him feel like an official.
Zhang Xiaoqi had already led the people to their destination, which was a piece of land by the river enclosed by wooden fences and ropes. Fan Wencai asked him to plant 2,000 acres of oats here.
Zhang Xiaoqi and several Han soldiers who are also good at farming have been commanding more than a hundred clumsy Mongolian warriors (they are herdsmen, so of course they are not good at farming) and have been busy here for a long time. Not only did they plow 2,000 acres of land, but they also enclosed the land with wooden fences and ropes to prevent it from being gnawed by livestock on the grassland.
He brought people here just to sow seeds. There was no need to sow the seeds carefully. He could sow widely but reap little, and just depended on the weather to make ends meet.
If God rewards rice, by autumn, the 2,000 acres of oats here will be able to harvest a thousand dan, right? I have enough rations for a Niulu.
According to Fan Wencai’s plan, they will sow 500,000 acres of oats around Xilin City this year. If they can harvest three to five bushels of oats, by autumn, there will be more than a million stones of wheat piled in the granary of Xilin City. Got it!
With these million stones of wheat, Hauge's foundation in Xilin City will be completely solid.
The sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly reached the ears of Zhang Xiaoqi, who was directing the Mongolian Baoyi farming. The sound of horse hoofbeats came from the other side of the Xilin River. Zhang Xiaoqi looked up and saw a dozen Mongolian knights galloping towards the Xilin City Fortress which was under construction.
"This...is from the west!" Zhang Xiaoqi's eyes flashed with light, and he muttered in a low voice: "Isn't there going to be another war with the Mongols in the west?"
He is already a little happy when he hears the battle!
Because there are battles to fight, he can make meritorious deeds and have a future. Even if he can get half a future in this life, he will be satisfied!
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Xilin City, no, it can't be called a city yet, it's just a large camp surrounded by wooden fences and ditches.
In the center of the Xilin Camp, in a big yellow tent, Hauge, the Baylor Lord of Jin Mongolia, was not as eager to fight as Zhang Xiaoqi.
Because the envoys who came back from the Xiaohuang River Tutai Ji's headquarters brought him quite bad, but very reliable news.
The terrifying Little Emperor of Ming Dynasty is likely to come to Tumote River! And they will bring about 20,000 elite soldiers, who seem to be ready to fight on the Monan grassland. The nomadic Doro Dafu Jinnang Nang and Guitu Taiji who were nomadic in the Little Yellow River knew that they could not defeat the little emperor, so they were already preparing to go north to Khalkha Mongolia to avoid the little emperor's troops.
If they really leave, then Hauge will be passive, and the good "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will become "The Southern Emperor Fights the Eastern Captives" again!
