Chapter 967
The Khan of the thirty-five generations of the Mongol Empire recognized by the herdsmen on the Lindan Khan grassland is thirty-five words. The full name is: Hutuktu Shengwu, Genghis, the Ming Xue Chan, the invincible battle, the great Chakra Valdi, the Heavenly Universe, the Jade Emperor, the Golden Wheel Dharma King, has a poor memory and is generally unable to recite it.
Before his birth, the Chahar tribe in Mongolia had declined for a long time. They were just nominal co-lords on the grassland, but in the eyes of ordinary herders, they were still god-like figures. However, if they were in the powerful tribal leaders, they were just nominal masters and could not command them at all.
Even when Lin Danhan succeeded to the throne at the age of ten, the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not have a high opinion of him, and they all believed that he was no different from previous khans, and they were all puppets.
But after becoming a Khan for ten years, he showed his extraordinary strength, and most of the major tribes on the grassland obeyed him.
Just when Lin Danhan wanted to do something, the aggressive Jiannu who rose in the Northeast not only seized Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, but also seized a lot of Mongolia's territory, which caused a huge blow to his authority.
The once invincible Mongolian cavalry, facing the heavy armored infantry in Manchuria, were also defeated step by step. Under the joint attack of Jiannu, such as Jiannu, Lin Dankhan's power began to decline. He had no choice but to choose to unite the Ming Dynasty to deal with the enemy Jiannu, but he could not resist Jiannu's means. Under the repeated threats of Jiannu, Lin Dankhan of Chahar also retreated step by step. He was forced to give up his headquarters and flee far away to Qinghai.
If the Chinese army had not suddenly risen and occupied southern Liaoning, he would have been afraid that he would have fled westward.
The Chinese army suddenly rose and occupied southern Liaoning, fighting Jiannu retreated step by step, and also robbed a lot of Ming territories, making the already complicated situation even more complicated. However, Lin Danhan believed that the situation was unprecedentedly good. There were a few more tigers on the mountain, so he could sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. When the two sides fought to achieve the result, he could reap the benefits of the fisherman.
In Lin Danhan's eyes, they are the safest at present. If Jiannu is in power, they will deal with the Chinese army in southern Liaoning. The Ming army in the pass is in power. What they want to deal with is the Chinese army or Jiannu. No matter where they are in power, they are not the right person first, so he is ready to rest here, develop silently, and prepare to lie on firewood and taste gall, and make a comeback.
He never expected that after the Chinese army captured Yanjing City, they had not yet pacified the world, and there were still many enemies in the country, so they attacked him first. Before the country was completely pacified, they had dispatched more than 50,000 elite infantry and cavalry to sneak attack Chahanhot (Baicheng).
Liu Yuanqiao appointed Xiao Ning as the head coach, Burigude, Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and others who were very familiar with the grassland as deputy generals, leading 50,000 elite troops to launch a surprise attack on Baicheng.
Whether it was Buribude or Zu Dashou's troops, they had been fighting outside the pass for a long time and were very familiar with this area. Now they were all full of people, brought enough equipment and food to deal with Baicheng a fatal blow.
The Chahar tribe was originally just a nomadic people on the Mongolian grasslands in the eastern region, living by water. However, after Lin Danhan ascended the throne, he believed that it was necessary to establish a capital city and become a holy land on the grassland to strengthen the cohesion among the grassland peoples. His approach also achieved great success. Since he established Baicheng, it has become a nominal capital city on the Mongolian grasslands and a holy land for herders to worship.
In winter, many herders like to drive cattle and sheep to spend the winter here, which is a recognition of this place.
Chiefs from all over the world and leaders of tribes also came here regularly to worship, which recognized his status as the common ruler of the grassland.
After establishing the capital, the herdsmen of the Chahar tribe did indeed live a stable life and established their status as king. However, he also lost the mobility of the nomadic people in the grassland and easily became a target for the enemy's attack.
In the past, the Ming army was very weak and had no ability to go deep into the grassland to attack them. They were Jiannu who rose from the Northeast, but they had very powerful force and had tried to attack him many times.
In the wars against grassland nations in all dynasties, what I am afraid of is not to fight the decisive battle with the other party, but to not find the enemy on the grassland.
The Han army that went deep into the grasslands could often defeat the enemy as long as it found it.
What I fear most is these cunning grassland people. Those who don’t have a head-on battle with you. If you have nothing to do, they will travel to the garden above the vast grassland and walk around the grassland. They will drag you down and be burdened, but they will not fight you.
When it drags you down and drags you down until there is no food, and has patience, when you want to withdraw your troops but don’t want to fight, they will pounce from all directions and will not be able to find you.
Zhu Di led hundreds of thousands of Ming troops to fight against the northern part of the Mo. Every time he fought, the Mongols fled in panic. However, this was equivalent to some kind of armed parade. When the other party saw that the Ming army was so powerful, they did not fight with it at all. Instead, when the Ming army came, they went deep into the grassland. The Ming army retreated, and they made a comeback again. For them, the land was not important, but cattle, sheep and herdsmen.
After Lin Danhan established Baicheng, he changed this pattern. Since it was their capital and their holy land, it was the place they had to guard, which meant that they could not retreat easily, and could not play the trick of their ancestors and trying all spirits.
Although Baicheng was built between two mountains and was easy to defend but difficult to attack, for the Central Han army on the expedition, it was much easier to attack a city that could not run than to attack the Mongols who were faster than rabbits who escaped.
The commander of the Chinese Empire saw this possibility, so he chose to send an elite force to go deep into the grassland and prepare to launch a fatal blow to Baicheng.
Liu Yuanqiao issued an order, the goal was to take down Lin Danhan, and to take down the imperial seal in his hand.
Lin Danhan is still the common ruler of the major ethnic groups on the grassland, that is, the 35th generation of Han Han of the Mongol Empire. Capturing him alive means destroying the Mongol Empire.
You should know that although the Ming Dynasty was a country built on the ruins of the Mongol Empire, it did not completely inherit all the heritage of the Mongol Empire. It only occupied part of the Mongol Empire's land in the Central Plains. It was still the world of the Mongols outside the vast barrier.
The Ming Dynasty rebuilt the Great Wall, and built nine major towns along the Great Wall, and laid a million troops. The main ones they were to deal with were the powerful enemies in the north, namely the Mongols.
Generally speaking, the Mongols are the most powerful enemy of the Ming Dynasty since its founding, and there is nothing wrong with it. You see, the Ming Dynasty has perished, and the remnants of the Mongols are still entrenched on the grassland. On the vast grassland, there are countless tribes who regard them as the common rulers and wait for their summons.
In the eyes of Liu Yuanqiao and others, if they could take this opportunity to conquer Baicheng and destroy the Chahar tribe in one fell swoop, it would be equivalent to destroying the Mongol Empire. Such a great military merit was not a temptation that an emperor could refuse.
At the same time, it means seizing the imperial seal from Lin Danhan.
The imperial seal, the first treasure in Chinese history, can be compared with the rumored Nine Dayu Cauldrons, and its value cannot be measured by money.
Since the First Emperor used it as the seal of the country, it has been a symbol of the divine right of the monarch. The emperor who possessed the jade seal of the king was the real emperor. Without the jade seal of the king, it was the white version of the emperor and lacked divinity.
In the academic world, the recognized jade seal of the imperial seal has been destroyed by the fire of the last Emperor Li Congke of the Tang Dynasty. This fire even buildings like Wufeng Tower were burned to white ground, not to mention this piece of jade.
The piece that Song Huizong got afterwards should be fake. Although he had been unanimously commented by many academics and thought it was true, others had a question. If it was true, could Song Huizong be captured by the Jin people and destroyed the country, and became the most embarrassing among the emperors of all dynasties?
Although many people think that the one obtained by the Yuan Dynasty was true, more people also have other opinions. It should have been faked by later generations. The real peerless treasure and the imperial seal have been destroyed.
But for later emperors, whether the imperial seal is true or false is actually just the icing on the cake.
The Song Dynasty inherited the Tang Dynasty, which can be understood as the Song Dynasty took over the throne and the imperial seal (imperial power) from the Tang Dynasty.
Later, the Mongols rose in the desert, destroyed the Song Dynasty, and unified the world. It can also be said that they seized the imperial seal from the Song Dynasty. Whether the piece in his hand is true or false is no longer important. What is important is that the imperial power is in hand.
Although the Ming Dynasty later was a country established on the ruins of the Yuan Dynasty, it did not completely destroy the Yuan Dynasty. Emperor Shun of Yuan led his entire court to flee to Shangdu, which can be understood as the imperial seal was still in their hands.
Although the Ming army subsequently attacked the Mongols many times and fought against the fishing sea, it even killed the remnants of the Mongol Empire, its emperor eventually fled. It can also be understood as that he took away the imperial seal. The dozen emperors of the Ming Dynasty can all be understood as white-paper emperors without the imperial seal.
In the hearts of the people of the vast world, many people still believe that the emperor of the Mongolian Empire is the master of the East.
Liu Yuanqiao had made up his mind that this time he would have to take down Baicheng and capture Lin Danhan alive. It would be the best to get the imperial seal. If not, he would have someone imitated it. As long as he took the emperor of the Mongol Empire and destroyed the country, he could inherit the national destiny from him, that is, he could inherit the imperial seal.
Chapter completed!