The population of Mobei Mongolia must be more than 100,000, and there are three types of people who are not included in the statistics.
The first is the tribe of H Buddha, such as Jebtsundamba Hutuktu.
This venerable resident was based in Aurgao, which later became known as Ulaanbaatar, and thousands of herders were directly ruled by him.
No matter which Great Khan went to war, he would send hundreds of troops to help, and help with propaganda and mediation work. He would not care about the rest. Anyway, any new Great Khan who came to power would come to visit and respect him.
It was the same this time. Two to three hundred cavalry were thrown out to help Zhuote Babatur fight. When Fei Ruhe came, he took thousands of his troops and chose to surrender without any psychological burden.
The second type is the Gobi herdsmen.
There are also rivers and grasslands in the vast Gobi Desert. When Fei Ruhe left the Yinshan Mountains in the north, his marching route followed the largest river.
The Gobi herdsmen are very scattered. A tribe often has dozens of people, and the largest ones only have two or three hundred people. They are nominally ruled by the Mongolian Khan, but in fact they are difficult to manage, and they basically do not participate in the war-who the hell goes to the Gobi?
Are there recruiting troops everywhere in the beach?
The third type is the herdsmen.
Of course, slaves are not considered human beings, and a very small number of them can join the army and fight, but no matter how many meritorious services they perform, they are still slaves.
For example, Ma Fang, the famous general of the Jiajing Dynasty, was originally a farmer's son in Xuanhua. He was robbed by the Mongols when he was eight years old and worked as a herdsman for more than ten years. Because he was smart and good at riding and shooting, he became a riding slave for the nobles.
Altan Khan took the Mongolian nobles on a hunt, and Ma Fang joined his master. Suddenly, a colorful tiger pounced, and all the Mongolian tribesmen fled in panic, but Ma Fang remained calm, drew his bow and shot an arrow to kill the tiger.
Letan Khan admired him very much and gave him a good bow and horse. From then on, he followed the Great Khan.
Even though he became Altan Khan's personal attendant and made many military exploits, Ma Fang was still a slave.
In the end, taking advantage of the opportunity of accompanying the army to plunder the Ming Dynasty, Ma Fang stole a horse and escaped overnight, defected to the Ming Dynasty frontier army, and found her lost parents. Ma Fang knew the situation of the grassland well, and repeatedly made military exploits and was promoted to a thousand households.
Killed Altan Khan's generals.
Altan Khan once reached Huairou, and the situation in Beijing was tense. Tens of thousands of reinforcements were afraid to advance. Ma Fang, who served as a general, attacked bravely and led 2,000 cavalry in a bloody battle in Baoan (Zhulu, Hebei), killing the Mongolian army and forcing it to retreat dozens of times.
Here, the Mongols did not know what was true and what was true, so the entire army withdrew northward.
However, Ma Fang suffered five stab wounds and his horse was shot dead. Jiajing praised him as "not as brave as Ma Fang", and the Mongols respectfully called him "Ma Taishi".
When Ma Fang served as the deputy commander-in-chief of Ji Town, his reputation had spread to the east. More than 100,000 Mongolian troops invaded Ji Town from the south. From the Ming army prisoners, they learned that "Ma Taishi" was in charge here, and actually frightened the Mongolian army.
You have to escape directly.
Unfortunately, Ma Fang and Yan Song were not on good terms, and military achievements were falsely claimed in various ways. The civilian governor made a mistake in command, and even though Ma Fang tried to turn the tide, Ma Fang still took the blame.
Although he took many blames and was falsely accused of numerous military exploits, Ma Fang was promoted to the rank of first-rank left governor!
"How many Mongolian cavalry surrendered?" Fei Ruhe asked.
Cao Bianjiao replied: "More than 21,000 people surrendered, and thousands more escaped."
Of the more than 40,000 Mongolian cavalry, 20,000 surrendered, and several thousand escaped, which meant that about 20,000 were killed. In fact, only a little over 10,000 were actually killed at the hands of the Datong Army, and the remaining 5,000 to 6,000 were all killed.
Kill each other.
Fei Ruhe said: "Separately interrogate the Mongolian generals to see who personally led the troops to kill our soldiers and civilians. We must kill a few nobles, how can we get benefits if we surrender? Didn't our soldiers and civilians die in vain?"
This is to establish their prestige. Who told them not to surrender early, but they had to wait until the winner was decided before switching sides.
Zhang Tieniu arrived with his army. When he heard that the war was over, he was speechless. His generals, such as Li Dingguo, were also silent for a while.
Counting the civilians, the two armies numbered hundreds of thousands, and it seemed that the cannons were used to kill mosquitoes.
But there is no way, Mobei's territory is too big.
If the number of troops sent is too small, the enemy will treat them as fools. Even the Mongols do not have to withdraw from the grasslands of the upper reaches of Heilongjiang. They can be divided into two groups and wander around the two grasslands at will. Only with enough troops can the troops be divided to track and search and force the Mongols.
Reduce the scope of activities.
The more soldiers who go on an expedition, the greater the consumption of military rations, and they have to bring hundreds of thousands of civilians, mules and horses with them.
The supply line is really too long. Most of Fei Ruhe's grain and grass are transported from Shaanxi and Shanxi to Mobei. And most of Zhang Tieniu's grain and grass are transported from Hebei and Liaoning. There are more than 2,000 miles of grain roads.
, and you have to cross the Gobi and mountainous areas, and you will consume half of it on the way!
"Do you want to continue searching for the thousands of Mongolian cavalry who have escaped?" Zhang Tieniu asked.
Fei Ruhe shook his head: "No need, send someone to surrender. It's been too long, and we can't afford the food and supplies."
Zhang Tieniu said: "Then I will leave Li Dingguo behind and take all the rest of the troops back."
The imperial court had already planned to attack the Lake Baikal region after taking control of Mobei.
The Mobei Protectorate was established in Aoergao (Ulaanbaatar). Cao Bianjiao led his troops to stay here and served as the Mobei Protectorate. He built a city close to the river and mountains, and renamed Aoergao "Beining City".
The Beihai Protectorate was established on the shores of Lake Baikal, and Li Dingguo led his troops to stay there and served as the Beihai Protectorate. He also built an addition on the basis of the Cossack Castle and established a "subordinate city" in the name of Su Wu.
Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu returned with their army, leaving Cao Bianjiao with 3,000 cavalry, 1,000 infantry and thousands of civilians, and Li Dingguo with 1,000 cavalry, 3,000 infantry and thousands of civilians.
It was only the eighth month of the lunar calendar at this time, and the first light snow had already fallen in Mobei. Fortunately, it cleared up within a few days.
Le Shi Yanran, seal the wolf to live in Xu.
The Beining City that is about to be built is at the foot of Langjuxu Mountain. To the west is Yanran Mountain, and Fei Ruhe even sent troops to search for it.
With two mountains in front of him, Fei Ruhe felt uninterested.
Mobei Mongolia is really too weak. After decades of internal and external wars, coupled with the hellish weather of the Little Ice Age, the population here has been reduced to the extreme. It will not be possible to recover without hundreds of years. Hundreds of thousands of troops are dispatched.
, spent most of the time looking for the enemy, but the decisive battle was finally won by Cao Bianjiao and his eight thousand cavalry.
What kind of stone should I use?
What kind of mountain should be sealed?
Such an anticlimactic war left Fei Ruhe with a shameless face.
However, Cao Bianjiao is very good at being a good person. He plans to erect monuments on two mountains while building the city next year to record the achievements of His Majesty the Emperor, Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu. This can be regarded as helping Fei Ruhe fulfill Shi Yanran's wish.
Li Dingguo brought troops, horses and supplies to the mountainous area southeast of Lake Baikal.
This is not the territory of the Balahu Tribe, but belongs to another small Buryat tribe. Tens of thousands of Mobei Mongolian women and children, as well as a large number of herder slaves, livestock and grain, are all hidden in a mountain pasture.
The leader of a small tribe was punished for harboring bandits without permission, but he did not report the incident.
The leader was killed, and his eldest son was made an official, and he will obey Li Dingguo's orders from now on. Some of the herdsmen, livestock, and grain were left for Li Dingguo to establish the Beihai Protectorate, and the rest were sent south to Cao Bianjiao.
Cao Bianjiao controlled the captured people and supplies, and all the Mongols who surrendered or were recruited to surrender had to be obedient.
After the geese were plucked, Cao Bianjiao also deducted some women, children, herd slaves, livestock and grain as capital for his establishment of the Mobei Protectorate. The rest was scattered and distributed to the Mongolian nobles, and they were given their own pastures, and at the same time he ordered
All pastoral slaves must be converted into free citizens.
The Mongolian nobles were not too resistant to the freeing of slaves because their population was too small.
Among the shepherd slaves, there are even a few Han Chinese. Some have been slaves for two or three generations and can hardly speak Chinese. No matter what, as long as they say that their ancestors are Han, they will all be detained by Cao Bianjiao. Even if there are impostors, they will be changed.
If you have a Han surname and learn to speak Chinese, you will become a Han from now on!
As for the Jebtsundamba Hutuktu H Buddha, his residence was occupied by Cao Bianjiao to build the city. The thousands of tribes were also dispersed, some were intercepted by Cao Bianjiao, and some were rewarded to the Mongolian nobles. H Buddha only had 2,000 in hand.
The tribesmen, and the pasture was arranged under Cao Bianjiao's nose.
Jebtsundamba Hutuktu himself had to follow Fei Ruhe southward and needed to go to Nanjing to meet the emperor.
This is what we call real control of Mobei. Not only can we station troops for a long time, but we can also arrange whatever we want.
In the past, Mobei also said that it would obey Emperor Zhao, but it did not allow the Datong Army to station, let alone the Nanjing court to arrange officials, and occasionally came to the south to plunder. What kind of surrender is this?
Most of the thousands of fleeing Mongolian cavalry were surrendered, but there were also hundreds of people who crossed the Altai Mountains and braved the wind and snow to seek refuge with the Jungar tribe there.
When the Chechen leader of Zhungeer heard the news that his brothers were defeated and the Han people occupied Mobei, he was so frightened that he quickly summoned the nobles for discussion. They decided to send envoys to Nanjing after the snow melted next year. As long as the Celestial Empire did not send troops to attack, the Han army would not go.
Under the premise of being stationed, any conditions can be agreed to.
This winter, Cao Bianjiao nested in Beining City (Ulaanbaatar), and Li Dingguo nested in the ravine southeast of Lake Baikal.
They have sufficient supplies and can survive the winter safely and wait for spring even if they encounter a snowstorm.
After the snow melted in spring, Cao Bianjiao immediately organized the construction of the city. The building materials came from Langjuxu Mountain.
Yes, my real name has been restored.
From now on it will be called Langjuxu and no longer called Kent Mountain.
Kent is a transliterated name, also translated as Kuiteng, which means very cold. It is the holy mountain of the Mongols and was called Burhan Mountain in the Yuan Dynasty.
Li Dingguo continued to march north, overpowering various Buryat tribes along the way.
The first Cossack stronghold he encountered was Ulan-Ude. Hundreds of years later, this place was the third largest city in Eastern Siberia. Now it only has wooden fences, and the main force was taken away to support Nerchinsk, leaving a few Cossacks behind.
, was attacked by the Buryats, and the stockade had long been burned down.
Li Dingguo settled Mongolian women and children, freed herdsmen, and a large number of livestock and grains here, and then followed the Selenge River straight to Lake Baikal.
There is a bastion on the lakeside called Ust-Borolva.
Due to the dispatch of troops to support Nerchinsk, there were only 60 Cossacks left in the city, and later some were added from the west. Now there are about 80 Cossacks, more than 200 indigenous servants, and hundreds of women and children (the children are all mixed descendants of Cossacks)
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After several days of siege, the Cossacks abandoned the city and fled by boat to Bargutimuhetun in the north.
There was a Cossack stronghold on the way, called Ugis Barguzin. The Cossacks there fled together, and about 150 Cossacks gathered in Bargutim and garrisoned the city to defend it.
"This is a suitable place to build a national city!"
Li Dingguo fell in love with Ust-Borolva at first sight.
There are Cossack bastions, which can save a lot of time in building a city.
The surrounding areas are fertile alluvial plains, suitable for Han immigrants to farm.
It faces Lake Baikal to the west, and you can reach the surrounding area by boat.
You can go south along the Selenge River and connect with Mobei. You can go east along the river and go straight to the mountainous area west of Chita. After crossing two mountains, you can take a boat to Chita, and the river in Chita is connected to the Heilongjiang River.
The same. Whether it is military transportation or material transfer, it is very convenient.
Of course, the city must be built slowly, and the surrounding Cossacks must be wiped out first.
Li Dingguo asked people to build a boat, intending to take the boat northward and uproot the Bargu Timu Village on the lakeside.
Li Zheng sent people from the east to contact him. After the two parties communicated, Li Zheng led a small force to the north to uproot the city of Bawent. If the two armies successfully attacked the city, they could continue to advance and join forces to attack the northernmost city of Lake Baikal.
Upper Angarask.
Three months later, Li Dingguo sailed northward, and the Cossacks in Bargutimuhetun continued to flee north.
The Cossacks in Bawent City also ran away, and Li Zheng faced only an empty bastion.
All these Cossacks fled to Upper Angarask, and more than 200 Cossacks and more than 800 servants were gathered in the city.
This is already the entire force that the Cossacks can muster in the area east of Lake Baikal. Of course, the stronghold further north does not count. The distance is too far. Zhang Tingxun is responsible for leading the troops to remove it - it is easy to fight, and there is not even a bastion.