When the middle-aged man in the middle seat heard this, his face suddenly darkened, and he shouted to the young man and asked: "What's wrong? He could betray our western Mongolia and join the allies and become a marquis. Have you ever thought about us?" "
"He...he is the leader of our Oirat Mongolian alliance!" The young man shrank his head after hearing this. After hesitating for a while, he still said, "He should be able to make the decision. Besides, the Ming Dynasty is not very powerful. He also wants to For the sake of our Oirat department..."
"What a nonsense!" When the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately said angrily: "What ability does he have to be the leader of our Oirat tribe? Now that it is impossible for Gushi Khan to come back, just rely on him? Also, what if the Ming Dynasty is strong? Is it possible that they can still come to Tianshan? In the vast grassland, how can we fight if there are few people here; if there are more people here, where will their food and supplies come from? I have taught you so much, where is your brain? "
"Father Khan is right, we are not afraid of anyone!" When a child heard this, he suddenly interrupted and said seriously.
The young man was being scolded, but he didn't expect to be scolded by a little kid again. He couldn't help but get angry, and immediately shouted at the kid: "Galdan, when the adults are talking, did your kid interrupt?"
"Sengge, look, you are not as knowledgeable as little Galdan!" The middle-aged man, Sengge's father Khan named Baturhun, shouted sternly, "Don't think I don't know, you covet Eqi. The beauty of Ertu’s daughter!”
The young man, Seng Ge, couldn't help but blush after hearing this.
Oqiltu's daughter Anu is several years younger than him, but she has already become a beautiful woman. She is a rare beauty among the Mongolian people and is famous far and wide.
Because Oqirtu was previously worried about the power of the Jungar tribe, there were already rumors that he was planning to marry his daughter to the Sengge.
In the original history, Anu did marry Sengge, and after Sengge died, he married Galdan, and was eventually killed by a cannon (or gun) in the third war with the Manchus. This Anu has a very high reputation in Mongolia, and a movie was made to commemorate her. It is recorded in history books that she was "intelligent and beautiful" when she was young. However, when she was shot and died, it may be because she had many children and was old, and she was described as "extremely fat".
At this time, Sengge's face naturally turned red when he was told the central issue. For a moment, he didn't have the confidence to argue with his father Khan, so he lowered his head and said nothing. However, he thought that his father Khan was going to break away from the Oirat tribe and object to joining the Ming Dynasty. If this really happened, his marriage with Anu would definitely be ruined, so he boldly said again: "Father Khan, the Ming Dynasty today is not The previous Central Plains dynasty was comparable. Even the three tribes in Mobei all surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. And didn’t the Ming Dynasty also send a governor to reorganize us Mongols in Hetao? If we didn’t surrender, there would be Tsarist Russia before us and Ming Dynasty behind us. The country, my father, cannot act on impulse..."
Before he finished speaking, Baturhun couldn't help but became furious, and immediately shouted: "I still use you as a bastard to teach? When did our Zhungeer tribe ever give in? We would rather be the head of a sheep than the tail of a wolf, do you understand? ?”
When Sengge saw Baturhun furious, he immediately dared not speak. Thinking of Anu, he dared to argue a few words, which was the limit he could reach.
"Get out, get out!" Baturhun was still angry, pointing his finger outside and shouting, "Go outside and wake up for me. Which is more important, the woman or the future of the tribe!"
Seng Ge did not dare to violate the rules, so he had no choice but to leave the yurt. Just when he was about to leave the yurt, he could still hear Baturhun's roar from behind: "Are we sure that the Geer tribe will be girls? It's not the same when it gets dark, what a pig-headed person..."
Hearing this and looking at the vast white snow, Sengge was a little confused: isn't it different when it's not dark? Besides, can't you still light an oil lamp?
In the yurt, the other leaders of the Jungar tribe remained silent during this process, allowing their father and son to quarrel.
As soon as Baturhun waited for Sengge to go out, he exhaled heavily, relieved his anger, touched the head of Galdan beside him and said: "You are still sensible!"
After hearing this, little Galdan showed a proud smile on his face. Although Sister Anu is beautiful, it is not as fun as being the leader!
But Baturhui ignored him and said to the other leaders: "While Eqirtu stayed in the Ming Dynasty, all the tribes were accepting the opportunity of the Ming Dynasty's governor to reorganize and eat them all. Anyway, this is In this kind of weather, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to take action."
"What the Great Khan said is that no one would have thought of us attacking other tribes at this time." After hearing this, a close leader of Baturhun immediately agreed, "When the weather improves, our Jungar tribe has already annexed other tribes. The tribe is even more powerful, and when the time comes, not to mention Tsarist Russia, so what if the Ming Dynasty can still be afraid of them!"
Those who can come here to discuss matters are naturally the leaders of the Jungar tribe, and since Baturhun controls the tribe, there are naturally many people who support him. For them, there is a person who nominally surrenders to the Ming Kingdom, so that the Ming Kingdom can send troops to deal with Tsarist Russia. Even if they do not directly send troops to support them against Tsarist Russia through other means, then they will do it. However, they are unwilling to surrender and lose the power of tribal leaders.
Therefore, after Baturhui made his decision, many leaders, big and small, agreed, and soon began to discuss plans to take the opportunity to annex other tribes in the Oirat tribe.
In the end, Sengge was called back by Baturhun. In private, Baturhun said to Sengge: "If you really like Eqirtu's daughter, then take her back!" As long as you are strong enough, you can get everything you want. He Eqirtu said before that he wanted to marry a girl, not because our Zhungeer tribe is strong enough!"
Hearing this, Sengge was really shocked. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that his father Khan was right.
As a result, Sengge participated in the plan to annex other tribes in Oirat.
No matter what, Sengge has always been Baturhun's most proud son. In the original history, before he died, he also appointed Sengge to succeed him, not any of his four brothers. From this, it can be seen that Sengge still has some ability.
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For the Oirat tribe, they almost all know where each tribe spends the winter. Generally speaking, in this winter, when the grassland is covered with heavy snow, no one will go out, let alone fight.
However, the Jungar tribe seized the opportunity that Oqiltu was not in the tribe and the tribes were being reorganized by Governor Hong Chengchou of the Ming Dynasty, and brazenly sent troops on a snowy day.
Originally, the Jungar tribe was already the strongest tribe among the Oirat tribe after Gushi Khan left. In addition, other tribes were unprepared, and even the tribal leaders were not present. They were suddenly attacked by the Jungar tribe that descended from the sky, and they had no way to fight back.
The Heshuote, Duerbot, Turhut, Huite and other tribes were annexed one by one by the Jungar tribe in about five months. As for this situation, due to weather reasons, other tribes did not know anything about it in advance, including Hong Chengchou, who was in charge of the Western Regions, and did not receive any news.
It was not until mid-April of the 22nd year of Chongzhen that some members of the Heshuote tribe finally fled to Baotou and reported to Hong Chengchou the annexation war of the Jungar tribe in the winter. Hong Chengchou couldn't help being shocked by this, and quickly organized his army to prepare for an expedition to the Tianshan Mountains to annihilate the Jungar tribe who disobeyed the king and even rebelled.
After Oqiltu surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, he was the leader of the Oirat tribe, so he naturally represented the Oirat tribe, and the Jungar tribe was also part of the Oirat tribe. However, he annexed other tribes and disobeyed the Ming Dynasty. This behavior was considered an act of rebellion from a legal perspective, and there was no problem.
On Hong Chengchou's side, there were integrated Mongolian troops and horses, including the original cavalry from Eastern Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia, and they were also very strong. However, if the army wants to march westward, it not only needs to assemble troops, but also prepare logistics, food and other supplies. In addition, such a large-scale war still requires the consent of Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, while preparing for war, Hong Chengchou sent an urgent messenger to the capital to request an order.
Emperor Chongzhen was on the Tianshan Mountains and did not eavesdrop on the seeds. Therefore, he only learned the news when Hong Chengchou received the report. However, he was not very surprised by the rebellion of the Jungar tribe.
Even in the original history, by the time of Galdan's generation, the Jungar tribe had completely annexed the Oirat tribe and established the Jungar Khanate. The strength of this quasi-Gel tribe is not that it was so strong when it came to Gal Dan, but it was strong before. It is precisely because of their strength that their tribal leaders have the ambition to surrender.
To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen was actually not very angry about the rebellion of the Jungar tribe. Among the grassland tribes, except for the Eastern Mongolia that was conquered by the Ming Dynasty, other tribes, including the Mobei tribe and the Oirat tribe, actually had to submit because of the remaining power of the Ming Dynasty after conquering the Eastern Mongolia.
As time goes by, they will become unwilling to accept these attachments. Only Ming's continuous beating can keep them surrendering. If the Jungar tribe also surrendered, then during the Ming Dynasty's fight to the west, if the reorganization was not thorough, someone might do something wrong.
Therefore, the rebellion of the Jungar tribe gave Ming an opportunity to kill chickens and scare monkeys, allowing Ming to effectively frighten the Central Asian countries.
Based on the above thoughts, Emperor Chongzhen immediately issued an edict and approved Hong Chengchou's request to lead troops to the Western Regions to suppress the Jungar tribe's rebellion. However, he was a little worried about whether Hong Chengchou could successfully annihilate the Jungar tribe, so after arranging many matters, he also led the hussar battalion to go on the expedition.
So, nearly two years later, Emperor Chongzhen finally led the army on an expedition again!
