Although the nomadic people have no fixed residence in the vast and boundless grasslands, it seems difficult to find them. However, those who really understand the grassland tribes will not have this view. As long as they are living things, whether they are humans, cattle, horses, sheep, etc., they all need to drink water.
Therefore, no matter how nomadic people live on the grasslands, they cannot do without water.
The Aohan tribe can be regarded as a large tribe, mainly grazing in the lower reaches of the Mengke River, Hebeng River and Dunlai River.
Of course, if there were too many tribes, they could not crowd together. Instead, they spread out and herded along the rivers.
On this day, the wind was warm and sunny, and the sheep were happily gnawing on the fresh green grass. From time to time, there were some young rams fighting. Most of the herdsmen of the Aohan tribe are doing their own work, busy making a living.
Suddenly, the herdsmen's natural intuition made them feel the faint sound of horse hooves.
Not many people looked up at this. After all, on the grassland, the sound of horse hooves should not be too normal. And judging from the sound, it was coming from the upstream direction, so it was obviously from my own tribe.
Of course, there are also idle little kids who like to watch the excitement and follow the sound.
Far upstream of the Mengke River, I saw a line approaching here along the river. It was red and gray. It looked good against the green background.
Many little kids saw the large number of people and shouted: "The prince is here, it must be the prince!"
Aohan Bandi was named the Prince of Zasakdoluo County by Huang Taiji, so people in his tribe called him Prince, which was much more prestigious than the title of the clan leader.
Hearing the little kid's shout, some adults looked up. If the prince was really coming, they had to go and greet him.
However, just by looking at it, they felt something was wrong. Mongolians wear gray robes all year round. There are no red ones. Unless it is a festive day, some people may wear red. However, since it is not a festive day now, there are not so many people wearing red.
Because the direction of the cavalry team in the distance was upstream of the Mengke River, they didn't think much about it for a while, but they just couldn't figure it out.
After getting closer, they discovered that the knights were jogging, but as they approached the camp, they started to pick up the speed, which made them even more strange.
It was also at this time that some of them with sharp eyes finally saw it clearly, and immediately screamed in horror: "It's the Ming Army, it's the Ming Army coming to kill..."
They are self-aware that the arrival of the Ming army is definitely not a guest.
Suddenly, with such a shout, everyone panicked.
Men, women, old and young, some got out of the yurt, some got into the yurt, some were still carrying goat milk bags in their hands, some had already picked up the guy, some rode up to meet them, and some rode towards them. Some fled in the opposite direction, while others ran towards the sheep...
This cavalry army coming from the upper reaches was the coalition of the Kalaqin tribe and the Guanning army. Under the leadership of the Kalaqin tribe, they made a large circle to avoid the cavalry troops deployed by the Aohan tribe near the handover between the two sides. , launched an attack on the Aohan tribe's camp.
Prepared or unprepared, the nearly five thousand cavalry troops had no room to fight back against the old, weak and a few prime-age herdsmen in the Aohan tribal camp. It was just a charge, and those Aohan herdsmen who dared to resist were killed. Except for some Aohan herdsmen who ran away immediately when they saw the situation was not good, the other herdsmen were all captured.
Jin Guofeng got Hong Chengchou's secret order and killed all the men. Of course, according to the custom of the grassland tribes, those who were lower than the height of the chariot shaft were not killed. Before the execution in public, Jin Guofeng coldly announced: "The Governor gave your tribe a chance before, but your clan leader is stubborn and continues to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty. If you don't drink the toast, you have to drink the fine wine. The Governor is furious. Now I am just Forward, wherever the Ming Dynasty cavalry passes, it will definitely crush your Aohan tribe."
Having said this, he loudly ordered the Ming soldiers who were executing the execution: "Avenge the people of the capital, pay with blood, kill!"
"Kill!" The Ming army officers and soldiers who were executing the execution all shouted in unison. With one strike of the sword, countless heads rolled onto the grassland.
All the captured cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and they had a feast. Those who could not finish the meal were thrown into the Mengke River, and then they took the captured horses and left in just half an hour.
About an hour after the coalition forces of Guan Ning Army and the Karaqin Tribe left, the nearby Aohan Cavalry Army rushed over. They saw heads on the ground, crying women and children, and the Mengke River dyed red. Really very crazy.
To the people of the Aohan tribe, the Kalaqin tribe was already a small tribe and should be the target of their oppression. Had it not been for the strict orders of the Qing Emperor, there would have been no problem in annexing the Haraqin tribe.
Therefore, when they crossed the border and entered the pasture of the Kalaqin tribe, their mentality was like adults bullying children, with a sense of superiority. Just waiting for the order from his own prince, he can kill the Karaqin tribe's camp at any time.
However, now it was the Kalaqin tribe who really colluded with the Ming army and actually took action first and robbed a camp of their Aohan tribe. This made all of them hold their breath.
However, the women and children in this camp still need to be resettled, and the beef and mutton that were thrown into the Mengke River still need to be fished out. After all, no one is rich these days. There were too many things to do, and there were not many cavalry reinforcements in the first batch. They could only send out the rangers to follow, and the others were busy in the camp first. Of course, the prince who urgently reported them was indispensable.
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Aohan Bandi is in love with Princess Gu Lun. In fact, it is mainly because Princess Gu Lun has been clinging to him for this period of time. Suddenly, I received an urgent report that a camp had been attacked by the coalition forces of the Karaqin Tribe and the Guan Ning Army. I jumped up with anger and shouted angrily: "Immediately send my military order to assemble the tribal cavalry. Catch up and take revenge!”
Before he could get out of the yurt, he was stopped by Princess Gu Lun.
The tribe was invaded. At this time, there was still time to take into account the relationship between men and women. He turned back a little unhappily. When he was about to speak, he saw Princess Gu Lun pulling out the brocade bag hidden close to her body and said to him at the same time: "Shengjing told me that if the Aohan tribe is attacked, they will open the bag immediately!"
"..." When Ao Hanban heard this for the first time, he immediately wanted to curse. He was not stupid, and he immediately realized that the Qing Dynasty had used his Aohan tribe as bait.
At this time, Princess Gu Lun had already opened the brocade bag and looked through it quickly.
Soon, she immediately said to Aohan Bandi: "Sheng Jing's intention is for the prince to immediately gather the army and seal the border of the Ming Dynasty to prevent the Ming army from escaping back. At the same time, Babaili hastily sent a letter to Sheng Beijing."
Upon hearing this, Aohan Bandi immediately became anxious and almost shouted: "With the military strength of my Aohan tribe, if everyone goes to block the border, what will my tribe do? Are you crazy? And what else? , didn’t you hear the urgent report just now? The Ming army before was just the vanguard."
"The Horqin tribe also has tips, and Shengjing has a strict decree and will send troops to help the Aohan tribe. Your Majesty, don't worry." Princess Gu Lun said as she handed over the tips and tricks, "Sheng Jing In fact, we have been gathering cavalry troops for a long time. This time, we want to unite the tribes in our grassland. No matter how many Ming troops come to the grassland, they must be destroyed."
Hearing this, Aohan Bandi was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately looked at the clever plan.
As Princess Gu Lun said, there was a big plan in the clever plan, in order to annihilate the Ming Kingdom's cavalry and severely attack the Ming Kingdom's arrogance. It's just that the spies of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei were too powerful, so in order to keep it secret, they had to resort to this trick.
Aohan Bandi couldn't help but sigh in his heart after reading it. He had no problem with the Qing Dynasty setting up such a big plan to wipe out the Ming cavalry. But why use his Aohan tribe as bait?
However, things were already like this, and it was useless for him to be angry. Now, he could only follow Shengjing's plan and cut off the Ming army's return route first. If there are reinforcements from the Guan Nei cavalry, then swim with them without fighting and wait for the Qing cavalry and the cavalry from other grassland tribes to join forces and annihilate them.
In this regard, Aohan Bandi didn't think that even if all the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty came to the grassland, they could still be arrogant? Assuming that the Ming cavalry had a total of 20,000, the Qing cavalry, plus the cavalry of the Mongolian tribes on the grasslands, could definitely number 100,000.
In the battle of the cavalry on the grassland, there are not so many conspiracies and tricks to use. Fighting is all about strength. Is it possible that they can't defeat the Ming army? If that were the case, then everyone would be dead! However, this is obviously impossible!
With this thought in mind, Aohan Bandi immediately started to act according to the arrangements in the bag of tricks.
Suddenly, teams of cavalry were everywhere in all parts of the grassland. The sound of horse hooves was heard everywhere, and the quiet grassland suddenly lit up with beacon fire.
Among the tribes in eastern Mongolia, those with the deepest ties to the Manchus were the Aohan tribe and the Horqin tribe. The Aohan tribe has already said that its patriarch is Huang Taiji's eldest son-in-law, and he was also named the Prince of Zhasakdoro County. In the original history, this Aohan Bandi also worked wholeheartedly for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and made a lot of contributions to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the southern and northern wars.
Not to mention the relationship between the Horqin tribe and the Manchus. The patriarch's sister and two daughters were all married to Huang Taiji. Now, Huang Taiji is dead, and Bu He, the leader of the Horqin tribe, is also dead, but this does not hinder the relationship between the two families.
The leader of the Horqin tribe is Buhe's son Wu Keshan, who was named Prince Horqin Zhuoli Ketu and is also Huang Taiji's fourth son-in-law. The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was also his nephew, and the Empress Dowager was his sister. With so many relationships, they are only closer to the Manchus than the Aohan tribe.
But even so, the tips and tricks of these two tribes are still kept by Huang Taiji's daughter. It will be opened only when the conditions for opening the secret plan arrive. In short, we do so much just to keep it secret.
Dai Shan was not wrong. After Wu Keshan saw the clever plan, he immediately followed it, gathered most of the tribal cavalry, and headed east. At the same time, he was coerced. It can also be said to be semi-forced, or it was ordered by the Qing Emperor. The Culun and Naman tribes sent out troops together and rushed towards the Aohan and Kalaqin tribes in a mighty manner. It was like a dragnet sweeping across the grassland.
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On the Shengjing side, as soon as the eight hundred miles of Aohan tribe arrived, the princes of Jianlu became excited.
Bumubutai was also happy. He had heard about Daishan's plan before, but now he heard that everything was going smoothly according to Daishan's wishes. If she could defeat the Ming army, it would greatly consolidate her son Fulin's position as emperor.
Therefore, she did not hesitate to praise and praised Daishan: "Prince Li is still so powerful, but the Ming army fell into the scheme and didn't know it!"
After hearing this, Daishan didn't look proud at all. Instead, he had a serious face and asked the excited princes present: "The deployment of cavalry from various places is kept secret. Is there any rumor that they are going north to reinforce Prince Rui?" "
"Needless to say, that's for sure!" Hauge shouted with some dissatisfaction upon hearing this.
Yue Tuo was not happy either, and said with a hint of sarcasm in his words: "We are not children, how can we not know the importance of this matter!"
"Could it be that you suspect that one of us will leak the news?" Duduo also had a bad impression of Daishan and sneered, "What a big joke!"
Regarding their reactions, Dai Shan obviously had a deep city and would not get angry because of this. He just nodded and said: "This is just for caution and to be foolproof. Of course I believe that they are all from the Aixinjueluo family, so how could it be possible?" Spread the word!"
After finishing speaking, he turned around and bowed to the dozing little emperor, and said seriously: "In this case, your majesty can issue an order to immediately send out cavalry to reinforce the grassland. At the same time, a feint attack on Jinzhou will be carried out to prevent the attack over there. The Ming army is causing trouble."
The little emperor Fulin was still snoring and dozing off, and did not respond. Of course, Daishan's words were not actually meant for the little emperor.
After hearing this, Bumbutai said, "Yes! It's all up to Prince Li to dispatch his troops and generals!"
Azig, who had been silent just now, heard this and immediately said to Daishan: "I'm going, I'm going to the grassland!"
After hearing this, Daishan shook his head and said: "You were defeated by the Ming army on the grassland. You are afraid of losing your spirit. This is not appropriate!"
As soon as he heard this, Azig's face turned red, and he suddenly became a little angry. He wanted to get angry and yell, you were captured by the Ming army!
However, Daishan obviously didn't give him a chance. He turned around and said to Duduo, Haoge and Yue Tuo: "Most of the cavalry deployed this time are under the banner of the three of you. Therefore, you will lead the army and unite the cavalry from all the grassland departments. , should be able to encircle the Ming army and annihilate them on the grassland!"
This was more or less the same. After hearing this, the three of them nodded and agreed.
Then, Dai Shancai looked at Azig again and said: "Lead the army to Xinjin, bluff, and pretend that the Qing Dynasty wants to capture Jinzhou to attract the attention of the Ming army. But remember, don't fight for real. Focus on defense, so as not to suffer defeat and cause major problems."
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