Totuo City is one of Qataiji's territories.
Although Qataiji's own pastoral land has been moved dozens of miles north, it is still his important territory. Since the farming under it is mainly carried out here, Tuotuo City is also an important foundation for the tribes he leads to resist natural disasters. .
In addition, since the old site of Guyunzhong City is here, and he ordered the Han people in the territory to restore it in recent years, it can now be called a "city". It is the best place to receive the Ming Dynasty envoys, so he has Came here in person, ready to meet with Gao pragmatically.
The location of Tuotuo City is at the southern foot of Daqing Mountain and the Tumochuan Plain on the north bank of the boundary between the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Rong Di, Lin Hu and other tribes were nomadic here, moving in search of water and grass. In the twelfth year of King Zhou An's reign, Marquis Wu of Zhao State built Yunzhong City. In the 19th year of King Wuling of Zhao, he broke through Linhu and Loufan in the north, built the Great Wall, and established Yunzhong County.
In the Qin Dynasty, Yunzhong County was one of the thirty-six counties in the country. During the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Yunzhong City had successively established the Yunzhong Protectorate and the Shanyu Dadu Protectorate. It can be seen that this place is located at the strategic point of the northern border and has always been an important place for military strategists to fight. I decided to give this place to Chataiji, which was obviously a deliberate decision.
In fact, this place is Tuoketuo County in later generations. The county is a suburban county of Hohhot City. It is 65 kilometers away from Hohhot City, 130 kilometers away from the prairie steel city Baotou City, and 40 kilometers away from the large energy base Zhungar Coalfield. The hinterland of the "Golden Triangle" of Hohhot, Baotou City and Jungar Coalfield.
To be honest, Gao Pragmatic is very interested in Baotou and Zhungeer coal fields. If Tumote hadn't been fully Chineseized yet, let alone integrated himself with Ming Dynasty, he would probably come here to develop it. .
Because if the Baotou base is successfully built, it means that the Gao family's servants will definitely settle in, which will form an encirclement of the Ordos region from the east, south, and north. Zeng Mian's plan to re-establish the base can almost be said to be just around the corner.
As for Jiajing and Yan Song, they each had their own needs and engaged in a "beheading of those who dare to repeat the same tactics", haha... This was not the first time that Jiajing was slapped in the face. If there was really hope of regaining the Loop, Gao Pragmatic didn't believe that Zhu Yijun would care about his grandfather's stupid words.
But these are all funeral affairs. Food has to be eaten one bite at a time, and the road has to be walked step by step. Tumut is not yet a loyal subordinate of the Ming Dynasty, but he is thinking about setting up an industrial base on Tumut's territory. I'm afraid Gao Pragmatism is also the same. crazy.
Although the ancient city of Yunzhong has been renovated by Qiataji and it has some appearance, Qiataji's headquarters is not strong and has limited financial resources. In Gao Pragmatic's view, the ancient city is very crudely built and is just an earthen city.
It even reminded him of the heavy earth city in the League when he was playing online games, but it didn't "leak" everywhere like that earth city. This earth city still surrounded the "city" after all.
This city is really quite small, smaller than Xinzheng County. The only thing Gao Pangshi takes a fancy to is probably the thousands of elite cavalry standing outside the east of the city.
Three thousand headquarters, plus three thousand Tumut headquarters cavalry entrusted to him by Anda, a total of six thousand elite cavalry. This is how Qataiji dared not to pay Zhongjin Hatun's account in history, and insisted on protecting Hannaji. The capital of the widow and her youngest son.
Oh, of course, this is only half of his capital. The other half of his capital is his own reputation.
Chatterji is no longer young. When he first dealt with Gao Pragmatic twelve years ago, he had just started to decline from his peak. However, Mongolia's number one warrior did not look old. He had played against Magui. He was impressed.
Twelve years later, he was fifty-one years old, which was really old for the Mongolians of this era.
But when Ma Gui, who was accompanying Gao Pingshi, saw him for the first time, he knew that this man's strength may have declined compared to ten years ago, but he has not really aged. He still has a straight waist and sharp eyes. , which all shows that his power is still as strong as before.
Perhaps the best way to describe him is that he is as strong as a tiger.
Ma Gui is sizing up Qia Taiji, and so is Gao Pragmatic.
However, Ma Gui's assessment was more about assessing the personal strength of the Mongolian number one warrior at this time, while Gao Pragmatic was judging his psychology from his actions and demeanor.
Qataiji brought out all 6,000 fine cavalry. Although the current Mongolian cavalry did not even have uniform uniforms, they looked a bit unseemly and lacked a sense of solemnity.
But it can be seen from the proud expressions of these cavalry that they have great trust in their commander and are very excited that they can be under the command of Chatterji. This is a rare kind of confidence.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic has also seen this kind of confidence under Qi Jiguang, Ma Fang, Liu Xian and others. This is probably unique to famous generals in the world.
Oh, that's not right either. Gao Pragmatic suddenly remembered an exception, and that was himself.
He had never felt that he was a famous general. Even though the court had boasted him happily some time ago, he himself did not believe it. However, the servants around him showed such confidence every time.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but think: They may be so confident because of their good equipment...
Chatterji's display of all his military strength was obviously not due to overeating, but a demonstration.
However, Gao Pragmatic scoffed at this: It's too outdated to play this trick in front of me. What's the matter, I lead 5,000 people and you lead 6,000 people, you are better than me?
If you just look at the lineup, my three thousand cavalrymen have uniform uniforms and uniform weapons, but their horses and colors are not uniform. They look more powerful than yours, right?
Ma Gui's top soldiers are the backbone of the Ma family's army. There are Hui, Mongolian, and Han nationalities in his army. They are all carefully selected and look good. Moreover, his family has always been famous for raising horses, and the war horses under his command are fat and strong, and they really look no worse than the war horses of you Mongolians who don't usually feed much refined food.
As for the Thousand Capital Camps...well, it's probably unreliable to let them fight, but if they are put here to see their image, they will definitely be able to defeat your Mongolian elite cavalry, okay?
Look at them and compare them everywhere. Among the more than 10,000 cavalrymen on both sides, they are the most well-equipped. Not to mention the people, even the equipment on the horses are all standard styles.
Of course, Chatterjee did not just put out cavalry to demonstrate, he had another plan.
Gao pragmatic suddenly stretched out his hand and said: "Stop."
Ma Gui played a guest role as a herald and shouted: "The imperial envoy has an order, the whole army must stop!"
The imperial envoy's team stopped, but Chatterji's team on the opposite side did not move either.
Gao Pingshi showed a sneer and said calmly: "Send an order to inform the commander of the Dongsheng Guard, Handu Lei Xiya, that I am waiting for him to come and see you."
