This side of the Hetao Plain used to be the territory of the Tumut tribe. Later, Lin Danhan fled westward and drove away the Tumut tribe and occupied it. But then Huang Taiji led his troops to the west and killed Lin Dan Khan. In the end, this is still the territory of the Tumut tribe.
However, Huang Taiji was not that good. In order to prevent the surrender of the Tumed tribe from growing, he split the Tumed tribe into two wings, with the leader named the capital.
No, Hanggao, the left-wing commander of the Tumut tribe, and Guluge, the right-wing commander, happened to be gathered together and were having a grand bonfire banquet. Their men were singing and dancing as happily as if they had picked up a pie that fell from the sky.
In fact, these Mongolian Tatars followed the order of establishing captives in Liaodong and tentatively attacked the pass. Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty's border defense was so empty that they returned with a full load. No, it's just a celebration.
On the leader's side, in front of the two Mongolians sitting there, there was a whole roasted sheep, but they didn't eat it, but drank and talked.
"Three days ago, I sent a messenger to the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to report the victory, saying that the border defense of the Ming Dynasty was vulnerable!" Hanggao, the left-wing commander of the Tumote Department, wiped his beard with a drink hanging on his beard, and told the right-wing commander Hanggao Luge said.
"Three days ago?" When Guruge heard this, he couldn't help but asked in confusion, "Didn't you report the victory in Liaodong when you returned?"
After asking, he came back to his senses and immediately confirmed: "You must have concealed part of the results of the battle from the Qing Emperor, right?"
When Hang Gao heard this, he immediately denied it and said: "It's nothing. I'm just worried that the Ming army will retaliate, so I'm only a few days late in order to see the reality of the Ming army!"
"Haha!" Guruge couldn't help but sneered after hearing this, "Who doesn't know that Xiao Jiujiu in your heart is worried that the Qing Emperor will ask you to pay tribute? Even Datong can be defeated, and the Ming army in the important town of Yulin is also huddled in If we don’t dare to go out in the city, where will the border guards come from in the Ming Dynasty? Maybe the bandits in their customs have rebelled, and they have already beaten their brains out, so how can they care about these border areas."
Although they have been outside the pass and have no information, they have still heard about the thieves in the Mingguo Pass.
Hang Gao Gao refused to admit it at all, and immediately changed the subject and said: "I sent troops a little late. I can't compare to your side, and they actually captured Datong. Is the profit and water rich this time?"
Upon hearing this, Guluge immediately smiled triumphantly and said: "It's not much, I guess it's just a little better than you, just enough to survive the winter!"
"What's a little better? I heard that on the way back, the sound of your team's iron pots could be heard dozens of miles away!" Hang Gaocai was not so easy to deceive, and brought A little bit jealous and said, "It is said that I picked up the iron pots of everyone in Datong Mansion and brought them back!"
The most lacking thing on the grassland and the thing that most restricted their growth was iron. Under the persistent blockade of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian Tatars had many arrowheads ground from bones. This shows how much they lacked iron tools.
The same is true. Their combat effectiveness has been very poor in the late Ming Dynasty. When they robbed things, they also tried their best to rob anything related to iron.
Because there are more iron weapons, the strength of the tribe will increase. On the grassland, it is believed that strength is king.
Tumut's left wing advanced into northern Shaanxi, and the harvest was not as great as that of the right wing, so Hanggao was really jealous of Guruge's gains. For this reason, he delayed for a few days and after inquiring about the gains on the right wing, he reported the victory to the Qing emperor on the Liaodong side. He also reported the gains on the right wing, even with a slight exaggeration.
Because he was unable to limit the growth of the right wing, but the Qing emperor in Liaodong had the ability to limit the growth of the right wing and allow the Tumote tribe to continue to maintain balance.
When Gu Luge heard him mention ironware, he immediately became sensitive and quickly denied it: "No way, the Ming Dynasty has been extremely poor these years and can't grab anything at all."
At this point, he also wanted to change the topic and looked up. But around the bonfire in the middle, a group of Tumut men were forcing a group of men and women to dance, laughing and joking, so obscene.
So, he smiled and said to Hang Gao: "It seems that you have robbed a lot of Han women. Tsk tsk, if this happens twenty years later, the population of your left wing will definitely be larger than that of our right wing! How about it, what is the taste of Han girls? Still much better than ours, right?"
After hearing this, Hang Gao looked up and immediately replied: "There are only a few of them. Where does the population come from? It's all nonsense. These days, white disasters often come. It's good to be alive and strong. Then It’s impossible!”
"But this year, there seems to be no plague among your left-wing livestock. When I came here, the grasslands were full of cattle and sheep!" Upon hearing this, Guruge found another reason and continued to praise the left-wing side.
For people on the grasslands, they are most worried about two things. One is that the snow falls too much in winter and their livestock will freeze to death; the other is that plague occurs in livestock, which means they die in large numbers. And if more livestock died, they would have to starve to death.
As for these two items, for the Mongolian Tatars, it depends on the fate of God, and they have no ability to prevent them. Therefore, it is difficult for tribes on the Mongolian grasslands to grow.
If the Mongols could grow stronger, it would be absolutely devastating to other ethnic groups. Because in this era of cold weapons, the powerful grassland people have always been a nightmare for other peoples.
When Hang Gao heard this, of course he didn't want to show his wealth, so he immediately asked: "Is there a plague on your right wing? Or is it that the snow on our left wing is less than that on your right wing?"
"Ah, ha, ha ha ha..." When Guruge heard this, he hesitated for a moment, then quickly raised his glass and said, "Come on, come on, drink and drink. In short, our harvest is good this time. Come on, come on, cheers!"
When Hang Gao heard this, he also raised his wine glass and said, "Okay, let's drink to our Tumut Ministry's harvest!"
After drinking and getting excited, the two leaders of the Tumut tribe even went off to dance in person.
It's no wonder they are so happy. In fact, the left and right wings gained so much from entering the customs this time. They didn't expect that there were so many gains. In addition, God has been more generous in the past two years. Seeing the growth of the Tumut Department, of course they will be happy!
However, they were not happy for long. They saw a horse galloping towards them in the distance. The speed was as fast as an arrow leaving the string. They could not see that the knight on the horse had already merged with the horse. As one body.
“咴咴咴……”
After getting closer, when everyone heard the sound and looked, the galloping horse was pinched by the reins and stopped suddenly. Its front legs were off the ground and it almost stood upright. It screamed in pain.
The knight on the horse didn't care at all. He immediately turned over and dismounted, landed firmly on the ground, rushed to the bonfire, knelt down to Guruge, and reported in a panic: "Ming... the Ming army came out of seclusion. I took revenge and killed...killed the Gurta tribe to death...annihilated the tribe, including all the cattle and sheep!"
Under the Tumut tribe, there are many small tribes. On weekdays, they also have to spread out to herd. The Gurta tribe is a medium-sized tribe under the right wing of the Tumut tribe.
Upon hearing this, Guluge was frightened. He woke up from the wine and quickly confirmed: "The Gurta tribe has been exterminated? The Ming army... How many people are there from the Ming army?"
The Ming army's border defense was so empty that they never imagined that the Ming army would come out to retaliate. Where would they get the strength?
You know, if the Ming army destroys the Gurta tribe, there will definitely be no shortage of troops.
"I don't know. When we rushed to the Gurta tribe's grazing land, we only saw dead people, dead cattle and sheep, and no living animals!" The person who reported the news said with a worried look, "Their The heads are all gone, and there are rivers of blood... rivers of blood!"
Hearing this, the two Jianlu governors immediately understood that the Ming army was really here to take revenge. They retaliated crazily and even killed the cattle and sheep without taking them away. This was not the usual practice in the past. Countermeasures against Da Qiugu.
When Guruge heard this, he immediately became anxious and asked quickly: "I asked how many troops came from the Ming army?"
"Judging from the horse hoof marks, there are at least tens of thousands of them, and I don't know where they went!"
Hearing this, Gu Luge couldn't stay any longer and turned around to leave. However, he immediately thought of something and turned to Hang Gao and said: "This time the Ming army came out to retaliate, our left and right wings will definitely be retaliated against." , how about we immediately gather our forces to respond?"
"Okay, I will gather my troops immediately!" Hang Gao heard this and immediately responded, "As soon as there is any movement from the Ming army, come and notify me!"
After hearing this, Guruge wanted to clarify more, but he finally gave up and immediately took his people back.
Looking at the backs of them leaving, I saw a trace of gloating on Hang Gao's face. This time, he was relieved that there was no way that Guruge could overwhelm him.
So, he ordered his men: "Move immediately and go further north."
Obviously, he was just perfunctory with Guruge. As long as he moved the entire tribe to the north and the Ming army did not dare to go deep, he would be safe. Moreover, after the Ming army retaliated against Guluge, they would have vented their anger and returned to the pass.
In this way, the strength of his side will be stronger than that of Guruge. In the future, if it is not him, it will probably be his descendants who will unify the Tumote tribe.
It is too difficult for the grassland tribes to unite. Huang Taiji originally wanted to split the Tumote tribe into two, which was also to prevent the Tumute tribe from becoming stronger.
This is conducive to Jianlu's rule over the grassland. Similarly, sometimes it can also become the fatal weakness of the grassland tribes. This is probably something Huang Taiji could not have imagined.
Another point, what they didn't expect is that any cavalry can be transformed into Rufeng, especially cavalry with the purpose of revenge, they can also show the characteristics of cavalry, not just the grassland tribes.
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