On this map, I saw the Urad tribe and the Chahar tribe marked with large and small circles, indicating that this place is where their tribes gather.
The biggest difficulty for the Central Plains peoples to face the grassland tribes is that they don’t know where the grassland tribes are, because they live in no fixed places and make a living by moving and grazing. As far as the current combat power of the Mongolian tribes is concerned, it is impossible to compete with the Ming Dynasty. If we can find their gathering place and launch an attack, there is basically no need to say whether we will win or lose.
The intelligence on this map is based on the feedback from Emperor Chongzhen's eavesdropping in the past few months. For example, Jianlu sent people to send letters to various Mongolian ministries, asking them to send troops, the length of time, and other words in some words. Orientation information and so on, and based on the terrain, for example, humans and animals cannot live without each other, etc., and thus got such news.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen heard a loud announcement: "Starting from tomorrow, the Hussars camp will be based in Yulin and launch a large-scale attack to attract the attention of Guihua City Jianlu and the Mongolian Alliance. The cavalry troops in other border towns will be Target the gathering place of various Mongolian tribes and launch a raid. I have only one request, kill all those who dare to resist, take away all the cattle, horses and sheep that can be taken away, the grain and grass supplies that cannot be taken away, cattle, sheep and horses, etc., kill them all or Burn it and leave nothing for the Mongols to eat or use. Let the remaining Mongolians go to their masters for help. Do you understand?"
This strategy is a plan to wipe out the whole family, and it is a plan to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron. Even if the Mongol elite in Guihua City are not wiped out, they are nothing without their foundation.
"The general obeys the order!" Upon hearing this, the military generals in the hall immediately accepted the order in unison.
For them, there is no need to know how the people on the grasslands treated the people of the Ming Dynasty who were plundered, because the farming people and nomadic peoples themselves are mostly enemies of life and death. When you enter the customs, you will kill people from my farming nation, just like you kill chickens and sheep; when you come out of the customs, you will kill your nomadic people, and you will be equally merciless.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at them angrily and said loudly again: "Everywhere, put up a sign for me, blood debt will be paid with blood! I want them to taste the pain of losing their relatives and home. Any tribe that dares to be my enemy, the Ming Dynasty, will They will all receive the same punishment!”
"Blood debt must be paid with blood!" After hearing this, the generals in the hall roared again in response.
This decree of Emperor Chongzhen was promulgated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the end, the Xiongnu tribe on the grassland was killed. In order to avoid annihilation, they had to move westward and escape the Central Plains Dynasty far away.
Emperor Chongzhen's original intention was to force the Jianlu and Mongolian tribes to turn against each other, and then he would recruit those Mongolian tribes for the use of the Ming Dynasty. However, at this time, he had changed his mind and told them to die. If Ming did not show his power, they still thought that Ming was a sick cat, so they used the Urad tribe and Chahar tribe to establish their power and let other grassland tribes know that you If you are afraid of the Jianlu, don't you fear the Ming Dynasty?
In this world, the strong is king and remains unchanged forever! If you want to be gentle, wait until they are frightened!
According to the decree, sending troops to the grassland is a very important matter, and there is a lot of preparation work. Only the Hussars Battalion did not need any special preparations because they were always taking turns to fight scout battles.
The next day, when the Hussars camp was getting ready to go, suddenly the Ming army on top of the city discovered that Mongolian cavalry appeared on the grassland again. They carried old and weak men dressed as Ming people and left the city. He went to a far distance and began to kill the people. Either disembowel them directly, or drag them away with horses...
This scene made the officers and soldiers of the Ming army burst into jealousy, and the hussar battalion immediately dispatched.
However, these Mongolian tribesmen were obviously prepared and fled immediately. They even prepared one person and two horses, just to escape faster.
Sitting in Guihua City, Jierhalang has been receiving a steady stream of news from the front.
"Report, the Ming Dynasty's hussar camp, tens of thousands of cavalry troops, went crazy and chased them for hundreds of miles."
"Report, another five hundred Ming dogs were killed, and the Ming cavalry went crazy in pursuit again."
"Report, the tanks of the Panshi Camp of the Ming Dynasty have begun to leave the border and have begun to gather on the grassland."
"..."
Listening to these news, Jierhalang finally smiled. The Ming emperor was still a little younger. Doesn't he know? Ci did not control the army, but only a few thousand people of the Ming Dynasty were killed, and they were provoked to escape. If I had known this, I should have done this earlier.
The remaining leaders of the Urad and Chahar tribes who also heard the news below were all smiling, they were finally leaving seclusion!
As long as the Ming army comes to the grassland, the more troops there are, the faster they will die!
With such idle time, they began to compliment Jierhalang one by one. It would be better for His Highness the Prince to use his tactics personally! Even the leader of the Chahar tribe, who had an quarrel with Jilharang, seemed to have forgotten what happened before, and was so happy to flatter him. Of course, they did this just to get more stolen goods after the war.
This time, Jierhalang did not interrupt their conversation. After they had almost finished speaking, he said to them: "Now that the decisive battle is imminent, the Ming cavalry is indeed somewhat elite. In this case, each of your tribes will draw some more from the clan." When the elite come out, I will use my absolute superiority to cut off the Ming army's food routes and win this war."
If it were before, he felt that the troops in hand were enough. However, since he met the elite of the Ming Dynasty's hussar battalion before going to Guan, he was still worried that the troops in his hands were not strong enough, so he made this request.
The Chahar tribe had also seen this before, so after thinking about it, they agreed.
On the other hand, the Urad Department was a little hesitant. When Jirharang saw it, he knew what they were worried about, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Oirat tribe also submitted to our Qing Dynasty. This time, they were a little far away, so they were not recruited. Now you are under the command of the Qing Dynasty. My Qing order is conquering the Ming Dynasty, and the Oirat tribe will never dare to take the opportunity to annex your pastures. I have said that the distribution of spoils after the war is based on the amount of effort. This point, I can use my credibility to ensure."
After hearing this, Urad's worry disappeared, and he thought about sharing more things, so he quickly agreed.
Naturally, they didn't know that the Oirat tribe further west would not annex their pastures, but the Ming army was going to do so.
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Deep in the grassland, yurts formed camps one after another. You could see that in each camp, there were groups of knights bidding farewell to the crowds who saw them off, and galloping away with their weapons.
If you can understand Mongolian, you can tell what they are going to do?
"Don't worry, this time the clan leader comes back with a message, it's going to be a decisive battle. With the elite Qing army as the main force, they will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army!"
"When you defeat the Ming army, you can enter the pass and grab whatever you want. I will definitely grab you a set of silk robes made of satin!"
"Don't steal women. What's the use of Han Chinese women looking good? They don't know how to herd cattle!"
"..."
Those who left and those who saw them off did not have the kind of farewell of joys and sorrows. They were all smiling and full of longing.
However, they did not know that the important military towns of Jizhen in the east, then Xuanfu, Datong, Guyuan and Ningxia, all sent cavalry troops outside the pass after receiving the emperor's order. Even Wu Sangui followed him out of seclusion, avoiding the frontal battlefield and sneaking into the vast grassland.
There were not many of these cavalry troops on each route. The largest number was the three thousand cavalry troops led by Wu Sangui. However, it is enough to deal with the old and weak of the Mongolian tribes left in the camp, or the few remaining troops.
On the map provided by Emperor Chongzhen, there are some discrepancies between the camps of the Urad tribe and the Chahar tribe marked on it. But those who came out were the cavalry, and not to mention their mobility, it didn't take much to search within a hundred miles. What's more, there are some Mongolian soldiers in the Daming border town. They know the characteristics of herding better and can judge based on some signs where the camps of the Urad and Chahar tribes are probably located.
As a result, scenes of Mingguo cavalry raiding various Mongolian ministries began to be staged on the grasslands.
Only when the flames of war burned down the homes of these bandits did they realize how terrible war is!
The target assigned to the attack by Wu Sangui's command was a large tribe in the Chahar tribe, a gathering place with tens of thousands of people. Originally, he thought that the Mongols were born to fight on horseback and would definitely encounter strong resistance from them. For this reason, he also spent a lot of thought and chose dawn as the time to launch a surprise attack.
However, he did not expect that the strong resistance he imagined was not there at all.
Most of the Mongolians lay their bodies in yurts. Even if some people came out after hearing the news and hurriedly resisted, they had no strength at all, as if they were made of paper.
Regarding this situation, Wu Sangui quickly figured it out. The Mongols have nothing to eat!
He couldn't help but admire the emperor's brilliant strategy, so he immediately issued military orders and began to implement Emperor Chongzhen's will.
Anyone who dares to resist, no matter who they are, will be killed without mercy. Even those who were suspected of resisting were killed easily.
The remaining Mongolians did not dare to move anymore, their eyes full of fear.
They didn't know why the Ming army suddenly appeared in the depths of the grassland. Why did they find their camp? Where was the Qing army? Where are the Qing troops?
A part of the army was allocated to watch the Mongols, and the rest of the Ming army rushed into the livestock and began to slaughter cattle and sheep.
These cattle and sheep moved too slowly to be taken away, so they had to be killed.
Seeing this scene, the Mongols became commotion, which was the foundation of their entire race. If there were no cattle and sheep, how could we still live?
The Ming army officers guarding them were merciless. Anyone who dared to start a commotion would immediately wave their swords to greet them without any nonsense.
As for the Mongolian horses, of course they will not be killed. After the cattle and sheep are slaughtered, they will be moved onto carriages or tied to horses and taken away.
In just one day's work, these things are basically done.
Wu Sangui was a well-educated commander in chief. He wrote the pen himself and used the blood from the scene to inscribe four characters: Blood debt must be paid with blood!
After thinking for a while, he wrote a line of small characters in the lower right corner: Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's aid and suppression campaign.
He admired his calligraphy for a moment, and then looked at his men who were ready to go. Seeing the carts full of beef and mutton, I felt very satisfied. He immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Set fire, return to the teacher!"
Each yurt was lit, and the fire soared into the sky, competing with the sunset in the sky.
The soldiers of the Ming army returned home with a full load. But those Mongolians all looked like dead people, with despair in their eyes. The tribe is completely gone and is going to be exterminated!
When did the Ming army become more powerful and cruel than Jianlu?
Scenes like this happened in various places on the Mongolian grasslands. The only difference was that some encountered a little resistance and killed some comrades, some gained less, and some were unable to take away more, etc. Wait, there is no difference. The larger camps of the Urad and Chahar tribes were basically raided by the Ming army. The yurts were burned, the cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and they were driven away by their horses. , leaving only those Mongolians who did not resist.
The law of the jungle on the grassland, the law of the jungle, has taken place in an enhanced version.
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At this time, no one in Guihua City knew what was happening suddenly across the grassland.
In the lobby, Jierhalang was listening to the report from his men.
"Report, the forward of the Ming cavalry is less than a hundred miles away from Guihua City. The chariot camp and the infantry also left the customs yesterday. The Ming Emperor's flag is over there at the chariot camp."
Hearing this, Jierhalang could no longer suppress the smile on his face and said with a smile: "Okay, let's explore again!"
After finishing speaking, he immediately looked at the crowd in the hall and said loudly: "We cannot let the Ming Dynasty lose the trace of our army, we must drag them to continue deep into the grassland. Therefore, all ministries are prepared to fight with the Ming Kingdom's forwards for a while. , wait until the main force of the Ming Dynasty comes up, retreat deep into the grassland, and lure the Ming army to continue the pursuit!"
"As you command!"
"twitter!"
"..."
All the responses were very loud and full of excitement. The war finally started as they expected, and victory was in sight.
After the leader of the Chahar tribe finished the military meeting, he went back excitedly, and then prepared to convey the military orders of Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty to the leaders of the clan.
However, what he didn't expect was that a small clan leader, who had just led troops to come for reinforcements, reported a piece of news to him.
There is news from eastern Mongolia that the Qing Dynasty suffered a huge defeat half a year ago. It is said that more than 10,000 Tashan garrison of the Qing Dynasty were completely annihilated by the Ming Emperor's army!
"What?" The Mongolians who heard the news for the first time had almost the same reaction. They couldn't believe this fact.
In their view, the Ming Dynasty had never been able to defeat the Qing Dynasty. But how could the Qing Dynasty defend the city and be completely annihilated by the Ming Dynasty? At worst, it's just a matter of going out to the city to fight in the field. Can the Qing Dynasty be afraid of the Ming army?
The news from Liaodong finally reached central Mongolia just before the war began.
Originally, the Mongolian tribes were divided into small camps and scattered throughout the country, and the news did not spread quickly. But here in Guihua City, everyone was together. Some people knew about it, and it didn't take long for the news to spread.
