Historically, Seng Ge was murdered by two brothers, and his tribe fled and scattered in all directions. When Galdan learned of his brother's death, he rushed back from Tibet and gained the allegiance of more than a thousand Mongolian cavalry.
What can more than a thousand cavalry do?
However, Galdan defied all opinions and took the initiative to attack his two brothers.
In a hurry, his two brothers only had time to assemble more than 10,000 cavalry. Galdan charged forward with his lance, shouting: "Wherever my gun points, you charge forward!"
The general was so brave that all his soldiers died in response, killing an enemy force ten times his own on the spot.
The enemy troops fled to the entrance of Jinling and guarded the dangerous place. Galdan took more than 20 of his confidants and abandoned their horses to climb the mountain in the rain of arrows. Only then did the rest of the soldiers dare to follow and charge. Galdan captured one brother alive, but the other brother was in a state of embarrassment.
Flee to Qinghai.
Galdan was only 26 years old at this time, and it only took less than a year from setting off from Tibet to regaining the throne.
This time the Datong Army went on an expedition to Mobei, and their enemy was Galdan's brother, Zhuote Babatur.
Since Mobei is full of pastures, after Sengge was killed, a large number of his tribesmen defected to Zhuote Babatur because they could all get rich pasture rewards.
But this guy was a coward. When he learned that the Datong Army was coming to kill him, he led his troops to escape in advance.
Zhang Tieniu set off from the Horqin Grassland with 40,000 infantry, 60,000 cavalry, 180,000 civilians, and 300,000 mules and horses. When they arrived at the Hulunbuir Grassland, they were chased by the Mongols for more than two months.
, only tens of thousands of livestock and thousands of women and children were seized.
After Sengge's death, his son Cewang Alabutan led his tribe to join Zhang Tieniu. Even Galdan's biological mother was in Raole Duhu Mansion.
Cewang Alabutan was very familiar with the grasslands and guided Zhang Tieniu's cavalry straight to the rich grasslands. After a while of tossing and wasting countless grains and grass, he finally determined that there was no main enemy force in the grasslands of the upper reaches of Heilongjiang (the eastern region of Mobei).
They all ran away!
Zhang Tieniu continued to lead his troops westward, traveling along the Kullen River.
This river is the mother river of the Mongols. Anyone who wants to unify Mobei marches along this river. The same was true for Genghis Khan back then.
When they arrived at Dahan'er'er (Wendu'er Khan), they met a small group of cavalry sent by Fei Ruhe.
"How's the fight going here?" Zhang Tieniu asked.
The leader was a cavalry battalion commander named Ouyang Qi. He replied: "We intercepted one of the enemy troops escaping from the east. There were only more than 3,000 cavalry, and the rest were all old, weak, women, children and livestock. Chang
The H Buddha stationed in Aoergao, whose name was Jebtsundamba Hutuketu, led thousands of his tribe to surrender before he could escape."
Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "I'm afraid this person has no intention of running away. He is a native of Mobei. How can he help the Zhungeer tribe fight in the war?"
Ouyang Qi said: "Our army dispatched troops quickly, and the enemy troops needed time to assemble. Governor Fei guessed that the enemy was gathering while retreating, and secretly sent a small force to attack the grain road. Two grain transport teams of our army were attacked, killing and injuring civilians.
There were more than 1,800 people, but the enemy's attacking force was also wiped out."
"Where did the enemy withdraw?" Zhang Tieniu was a little depressed. He led 280,000 people on the expedition and spent three full months marching.
Ouyang Qi said: "There are traces of enemy troops everywhere. Governor Fei thought they were retreating to the north, so he sent me to lead the way for Governor Zhang."
The entire Mobei is divided into three major regions by the Altai Mountains, the Hangai Mountains, the Kent Mountains, and the Greater Khingan Mountains.
The west is the Great Lakes Basin, the middle is the Selenge grassland, and the east is the upper reaches of Heilongjiang grassland.
The Hulunbuir Prairie is part of the grassland in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang. Its geographical function is to threaten Hebei and Northeast China, and is an important basis for Mobei Mongolia to fight south.
As for the Selenge Grassland in the middle, the Mobei Mongolian royal court is generally located here, because it is the core of the Mobei grassland. To the east, you can attack the upper reaches of Heilongjiang grassland; to the west, you can attack the Great Lakes Basin, and even cross the Altai Mountains to the Western Regions;
Crossing the Gobi to the south, you can attack the Yinshan Hetao; heading north, you can conquer the Lake Baikal area.
No matter how hard the enemy retreats, they cannot abandon the Selenge Grassland, otherwise they will be waiting for the northwest wind next year.
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Zuo Xiaocheng is now in Fei Ruhe's army. This man is already the person in charge of the National Security Agency in Chahar.
The Chahar tribe was divided into several guardianships. Zuo Xiaocheng was stationed as the first guardian of Chahar. The guardian's biological mother, a princess of the Qing Dynasty, had always been unclear about Zuo Xiaocheng, and the two even had sex one after another.
He gave birth to three children. This guy also took his wife and children from the south, and now he is living very well.
"The north is mostly mountainous and grassland, and the river network is very complex, which is more conducive to our army's fighting but not conducive to the movement of Mongolian cavalry." Zuo Xiaocheng is no longer the useless scholar he was before. He is very familiar with the Chahar grassland, and his meticulous work is often done.
Follow the caravan to Mobei.
Fei Ruhe frowned: "Where can the enemy's main force go?"
Zuo Xiaocheng said: "Most of the old, weak, women, children, and livestock and food have retreated to a mountain in the north to hide. As for the main enemy force, I'm afraid they are still circling. It is very likely that our army will continue to advance north, but they will attack our food road.
.It was not a small group that surrounded us, but the main force went around it and completely cut off our army’s food route.”
Fei Ruhe encountered the problem of Zhu Di's Fifth Northern Expedition. Hundreds of thousands of troops were dispatched. The Mongols did not dare to fight at all and kept making detours in the vast grasslands.
It has been almost three months since they entered Mobei. The total results of the two Datong armies were to kill more than 4,000 Mongolian cavalry, capture more than 9,000 old, weak, women and children, and seize more than 100,000 livestock. I myself lost 102 people of the Datong army.
, the civilians suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, and a lot of food and grass were burned by the enemy.
"Rumble..."
More than two thousand cavalry came from the southwest and were spotted by Datong Army scouts more than ten miles away.
The scouts did not immediately flee to report the news, but watched from a distance. Because the Mongolian cavalry in front of them did not seem to be here for a surprise attack. The direction was completely wrong, and many of them were injured.
Encountering Datong Army scouts, these Mongolian cavalry also stopped.
A Mongolian nobleman came forward with only a dozen horses and shouted: "I want to submit to the Heavenly Dynasty, I want to submit to the Heavenly Dynasty!"
The scouts of the Datong Army were stationed in Hetao and had long since learned to speak Mongolian. The scout captain asked half of the soldiers to retreat. If the situation was not good, he immediately went back to report the situation, and he rode up to meet him: "Who are you?"
The Mongolian nobleman said: "I am Jungeltai Jize Lingdun Dobu, and the murdered monk is my father. I did business with Mr. Zuo Xiaocheng of the Celestial Dynasty. Mr. Zuo said that as long as I surrender to the Celestial Dynasty,
I can be the Protector of the Anbei Protectorate, and I can also lead my troops to the pasture."
The scout captain asked: "Why did you come to defect now?"
Seringtun Dobu explained: "Zhot Babatur is afraid of me and is afraid that I will rebel. The grassland allocated to me is right under his nose. He does not dare to murder me because he is afraid of arousing the dissatisfaction of my father's old troops.
.So during this battle, I was forced to stay with him, and all my wives and children were taken away by him."
The scout captain asked again: "Where has the main force in Mobei gone?"
Ce Ling Dunduobu said: "To the southwest, they are cutting off the food route of the Chinese army. They gathered more than 40,000 cavalry, intending to lure the Chinese cavalry to abandon their infantry and return to reinforcements while cutting off the food route, and then set up an ambush and defeat them halfway.
The main force of the Chinese cavalry."
The scout captain asked again: "Where are the women, children and livestock in Mobei?"
"The north is almost to the North Sea (Lake Baikal), and it's all hidden in the territory of the Buryat people," Seringtun Dob said. "The Buryats are very weak, they don't dare to resist, they can only help.
Hiding the property of the Mongolian tribesmen. This time I came to seek refuge with the Celestial Empire, but I was hunted down not far from the camp, and I lost more than a thousand horses before escaping."
The scouts led these Mongols and quickly rushed to Fei Ruhe's station.
Before Fei Ruhe spoke, Zuo Xiaocheng asked: "I have contacted many Mongolian nobles in the past few years. What do they think? Why are you the only one who comes to seek refuge?"
Celing Dunduobu said: "Many of my father's old troops are willing to be loyal to the Celestial Empire. But they are afraid that the Celestial Empire will not keep its promise. Not only will they not be able to get pasture, but they will also lose their own lives. As long as I go to war with the army,
If you use your father's banner, many nobles will definitely turn against you. But..."
"But what?" Fei Ruhe asked.
Sering Dundorbu said: "A few days ago, Zhuo Te Babatur divided the khan position, sealed four deputy khans in one breath, and also divided his own pasture. Some nobles are greedy for pasture, and I am afraid they will have to fight.
Only when the battle is over, and the Chinese army has the absolute upper hand, will they choose to defect in the face of battle."
When the Zuo Xiaocheng faction made detailed contacts, they could only promise a number of positions as protectors, and they would be under the jurisdiction of the Anbei Protectorate in the future. Mobei was divided into countless governors. How much pasture can each noble protector get? It is definitely not as good as Zhuote
Babatur promised so much.
Only people like Ce Ling Dun Dobu, who had a grudge against Zhuote Babatur for killing his father, lived in fear every day, finally decided to join the Celestial Empire.
But this is enough. The enemy does have to fight a tough battle. But as long as the battle situation is favorable to the Datong Army, it will be a matter of time for the Mongolian nobles to defect. The enemy's soldiers can take advantage of the disunity.
Fei Ruhe ordered 30,000 infantrymen and civilians to march toward the south slowly, while he personally led 40,000 cavalry at a gallop.
Because the troops were divided to look for the enemy, many of the cavalry were scattered. Fei Ruhe still needed time to gather his troops. Therefore, he sent Cao Bianjiao to lead 8,000 cavalry and set off immediately as a pioneer.
The food road to the south had been cut off, and Cao Bianjiao got halfway there when he received news from the scouts.
Several grain transport teams were attacked, and more than 2,000 civilians were killed or injured.
By the river in the northwest foothills of Zamal County, Mongolia, Cao Bianjiao met the scouts from Mobei Mongolia. After a chase, Cao Bianjiao's formation killed more than a hundred enemy soldiers, but he did not dare to continue chasing. Who knows how many were hidden in the mountains ahead?
enemy.
In fact, the main enemy force was in the mountains, just waiting for Cao Bianjiao to crash into it.
Seeing that Cao Bianjiao was not fooled, Zhuote Babatur actually took the initiative to attack, and more than 40,000 Mongolian cavalry attacked Cao Bianjiao.
To fight or not?
Cao Bianjiao only hesitated for a few seconds and then ordered: "The entire army wears armor!"
These are the elites of the Datong Cavalry Division. Each man has two horses, and the stomach and food are carried on another horse.
More than 40,000 enemy cavalry were chasing them, and the 8,000 soldiers put on their armor without any hesitation.
Perhaps, without a large army, these eight thousand Datong cavalry can end the war.