Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 618 Alliance 1
Lin Danhan was also a famous figure in the late Ming Dynasty.He is nominally the co-leader of all Mongolian tribes and the master of the Chahar tribe. He is determined to unify all Mongolian tribes and restore the glory of the Genghis Khan era.However, this "Genghis Khan" was very unlucky. He encountered the rise of Hou Jin early, and wars inevitably broke out with Hou Jin. Then he was defeated and fled again and again. Like Chongzhen, he was completely Huang Taiji's sandbag. , punch twice when you are in a good mood, kick twice when you are in a bad mood.When the Jin Dynasty was strong, he adopted the strategy of uniting with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Jin Dynasty, which was wise. However, after repeated defeats, he unexpectedly sent troops to loot the nine areas of the Ming Dynasty in an attempt to get some compensation from the Ming Dynasty. This kind of move He can only be described as "mentally retarded". Not only did he fail to save his tribe, but he also turned himself into a target for both the Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.After the Battle of Dalinghe, General Hou Jin, who had been beaten by the Ming army, vented his anger on Lin Dan Khan. Huang Taiji gathered the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia, claiming to be a hundred thousand troops, and came over with great momentum, "Genghis Khan "I couldn't resist, and was driven to Qinghai by He Lu - well, I was driven from the Mongolian Plateau to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and I really went all the way up.

The life of "Genghis Khan" in Qinghai was not easy. He fled all the way, and his tribe almost collapsed. Many heads surrendered to Huang Taiji with cattle, sheep, horses and Dingkou. Even his wife escaped several times. One, Lin Danhan, the polished commander, is making great strides towards the bachelor commander.However, this guy is somewhat similar to a cockroach. It is easy to crush him, but it is quite difficult to kill him. After fleeing to Qinghai in a panic, he quickly got along with some chieftains in Qinghai and Tibet, and formed a friendship. The "Anti-Yellow Sect Alliance" tried to use the power of this alliance to continue to fight against Hou Jin.However, when the news of the Ming army's defeat in Lushun came, Lin Danhan realized that Daming was far more reliable than the bird-feathered "Anti-Yellow Sect Alliance", so in May this year, he sent his eldest son E Zhe to cross The Hexi Corridor went to Yinchuan to contact the Tianxiong Army to see if the relationship could be repaired and continue to unite the Ming Dynasty against the Qing Dynasty.Of course, he also prepared a large army. If he could not restore relations with Daming, he would resort to force.This is what he did in history. In the spring of the seventh year of Chongzhen, he repeatedly violated the border, and even fought against Hong Chengchou who guarded Shanxi and Shaanxi many times. This was all to get food. There was no way. La!

E Zhe has suffered a lot during his journey. The prairie is always full of hostility. The Mongolian tribes who are close to Houjin want to use his head to claim credit for Houjin. The neutral tribes have taken a fancy to their people and livestock. Seeing the opportunity, he jumped up and bit them. In the process of crossing the Hexi Corridor, he lost many people, and when he stumbled to Yinchuan, he was already in a bad state.

Walking on the cement road leading to Yinchuan City, seeing tens of thousands of people sweating profusely under the scorching sun, harvesting rice, and watching four-wheeled carriages transporting tons of rice to the sun-drying field, E Zhe made a judgment: Not directly sending troops to plunder Ningxia was one of the few correct choices he made in his life!

Next to him, a tall Mongolian man wearing a dirty rat fur coat looked greedily at the long queue of four-wheeled carriages loaded with rice. He licked his lips, his eyes glowing green, and said, "That's a lot of food." ...If we send troops to capture Yinchuan, this food will be enough for our entire tribe to eat for two years!"

The words of this big man were recognized by all the Mongolian warriors. Ezhe shouted sternly: "Baotuke, don't always think about grabbing and grabbing, use your brain! Even the powerful Jianzhou army is guarding the Yinchuan Plain. Being able to defeat and plunder their territory is no different from seeking death!"

Bao Tuke said helplessly: "But what can we do if we don't rob us? We don't know how to grow food, and we have very few livestock. If the Han people refuse to sell us food, we will starve to death..."

E Zhe was even more annoyed and wanted to scold, but he couldn't scold when he thought of the tragic situation of changing children within the tribe, so he finally sighed heavily.

————In the eyes of many young people, the days of grazing outside the Great Wall are like this: blue sky, white clouds, a gust of wind blows away, and the tall grass falls down layer by layer, revealing a large group of cattle and sheep. ; The clear blue sky always echoes with loud pastoral songs. When night falls, piles of bonfires will be lit outside the yurts. Fat sheep and roe deer will be roasted on the fire until they become sizzling. Strong young men and beautiful The passionate shepherdess sang and danced around the fire... Isn't it very romantic?It sounds very good, but people who hold this idea must have never tasted milk wine, milk tea, milk, tofu, and cheese in rotation 360 days a year. Apart from this, they have everything, not even the wild vegetables, and they have never tasted it every day. Driving the cattle and sheep, I couldn't take a shower for ten days and a half, and my whole body was filled with the smell of cow dung and sheep dung.Of course, I have never experienced the pain of waking up in the middle of the night and suddenly found that the entire tribe's tent was on fire, and a group of vicious cavalry were wielding scimitars to kill their relatives wantonly.Life on the grassland is far more difficult than farming. Wind, sand, frost and snow can come at any time and take away lives. Sometimes when a heavy snowfall comes, all the people in several tribes will freeze to death or starve to death and disappear from the grassland. If there is less or no snow, it will be even worse. Grazing requires a lot of water, and the water on the grassland mainly comes from snowfall. Without snow, there will be no water. Where there is water, the grass will be sparse, and where the grass grows well, How about without water, do you really want to die?Also, if the Han people were unhappy and closed the border market, and they couldn't eat salt, drink tea, or buy cloth all year round, wouldn't they want to die even more?Now the group of warriors led by Ezhe can be regarded as the elite of the Khalkha tribe. Before setting off, the little prince tried his best and failed to find any decent clothes for them, so he could only look stinky. Leather armor and a cloak sewn with rat skin were just enough.

Now you know why the northern nomads like to go south to rob so much, right?If you don't grab them, you will die if you don't grab them!The Khalkha tribe, who was in extreme embarrassment, saw the large rice fields being harvested and the rice carts, and their first reaction was to grab a ticket, which was already an instinct.

Arriving outside the city of Yinchuan, a group of cavalry galloped out of the city. The knights on horseback held a strong bow in their hands, carried a bag of white-feathered arrows on their backs, matched with a saber with a slender blade, and wore steel helmets and iron armor. They were very well-equipped and skilled. They are also extremely vigorous, and they are obviously all riders who are skilled in arching horses.Their iconic fiery red cloaks flew up like a banner, and the terrifying momentum like a desert wind swept over mountains and seas. The Khalkha warriors were horrified, their talking and laughing stopped abruptly, and they tried their best to straighten their shriveled chests. Straighten your back.Everyone has self-respect, their tribe is now in extreme distress, almost like a dog in the water, but in front of the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army, they still subconsciously want to support the dignity that has long since disappeared, so as not to be looked down upon up.

All the cavalrymen of the Tianxiong Army quickly lined up in two rows without saying a word, moving quickly, and the formation was as neat as a straight line.There was no glaring, no murderous look, and the aura of a strong army was naturally released with every gesture, which made people dare not despise it a little bit.The neat formation separated on both sides, and Lu Xiangsheng and Qian Yu came on horseback, and the cavalry shouted in unison: "Su Yihou is here!"

The little prince Ezhe got off his horse in a hurry, and gave Lu Xiang a noble courtesy: "Son of Hutuktu Khan, Borjijin Ezhe, see Marquis Suyi!"

Lu Xiang got off his horse and helped E Zhe up. As a result, the sour smell of sweat and the unique smell of leather armor on this man's body almost smoked out the food he ate yesterday... It's so smelly, the whole thing is an oversized mobile garbage stand!Fortunately, Marquis Su Yi is extraordinary after all. He smiled gently and said, "You don't need to be polite, little prince. You have come all the way. Thank you for your hard work!" He took the two bags of kumiss from Qian Yu and handed it to E Zhe took a bag and said: "The frontier is poor and the money is short, so I can't bring out anything good to greet the little prince. I can only offer a bag of milk wine to express my heart. Come, do it first as a respect!"

After driving such a long distance, Ezhe was already tired and hungry. With a bag of milk wine in his hand, he couldn't hold back anymore, and immediately shouted: "It's done!" He untied the mouth of the water bag and pointed it at his throat In the end, Gu Gu Gu Gu poured a whole bag of milk wine into his mouth. After speaking, he tossed his hair and shouted: "The aroma is strong, good wine, good wine!"

Lu Xiangsheng only drank half of the drink. Seeing how heroic E Zhe was, he also admired it and said, "The little prince is indeed heroic."

E Zhe smiled wryly: "Where is the heroism, he is really greedy! To tell the truth, Su Yihou, E Zhe has not touched a drop of alcohol for four months. For us Mongolian men, life without alcohol is really worse than death ah!"

A group of Mongolian warriors headed by Batuk felt very sad!

Lu Xiangsheng laughed loudly: "The little prince is really quick to talk... There are not many other things in Yinchuan City now, and there is plenty of wine. You go take a bath first, change into a set of clean clothes, and then we will have a good drink, and we will never get drunk!"

It doesn't matter to those Mongolian men whether they take a bath or not, but when they heard that there are clean clothes for a change, everyone cheered excitedly—they only wear mouse fur coats when they have good clothes, and only ghosts wear leather armor on a hot day!After the Tianxiong Army stated that they must hand over their weapons before entering Yinchuan City, they happily handed over their sabers, bows and arrows, and even the horses to the Tianxiong Army's grooms to settle down, and followed the Tianxiong Army into the city happily I went to take a bath.They should be glad that what they met was a gentleman, not a villain like An Lushan, such immoral things as posting invitations to invite Khitan chiefs to come over for a drink and then ambush them with knives and axes at the banquet, An Lushan Lushan has done a lot.

Qian Yu and Lu Xiangsheng walked last, both holding a Mongolian scimitar and studying as they walked.

These two scimitars are made of inferior iron, they are blunt and soft, and they will be scrapped after a few chops. If you look carefully, you can see many gaps on them. It is hard to believe that they belong to a prince's guard. equipment!Obviously, those cavalry who cameo by herdsmen could not have better equipment. No wonder Lin Dan Khan would lose every battle against Houjin.
Qian Yu couldn't help but be a little disappointed. Ever since he came to Yinchuan, he had tried to convey goodwill to Lin Dan Khan and wanted to draw Lin Dan Khan over as an ally. First, he would avoid Lin Dan Khan's harassment of the Yinchuan Plain. Second, he would have one more point to fight against the overwhelming number of people. The power of the Mongolian tribe, I didn't expect Lin Danhan's strength to be so weak, it's really not worth it.He sighed: "With such equipment, three Chahar and Khalkha cavalry can't defeat one Jiannu cavalry. It's not worthwhile to join forces with them!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled: "Don't you think now is the best time to take over Lin Danhan's troops? The icing on the cake is like sending charcoal in the snow!"

(End of this chapter)