Chapter 272 The habitat most desired by the Mongols
Chapter 272 The Mongolians’ most desired habitat
Sure enough, when Huang Degong and Hou Xun received the emperor's reply, they both looked confused and didn't know what the emperor meant.
The two of them didn't even know whether this was the emperor's reply or the emperor's absence in the capital and the red lady's instructions.
After scratching his head for a while, Huang Degong felt that this was probably not the result of the Red Lady. If the Red Lady was now in charge of the capital, she would definitely issue a new imperial edict to summon the Mongolian cavalry.
But Hou Xun felt that if the emperor was in the capital and read his memorial, he would definitely not continue to ignore his feelings, and would definitely issue a new imperial edict to mobilize troops for both of them to jointly receive the edict.
Because it is impossible for the emperor to be so naked and careless about the feelings of the feudal officials, and to be so contemptuous of civil servants, which will make all civil servants feel cold.
Therefore, he estimated that the emperor was not in the capital, and that the red lady was doing all this, deliberately suppressing the civil servants, and paving the way for her unborn child.
Faced with such a reply, neither of them dared to continue the performance. Huang Degong was worried that if he continued, it would make the matter worse. If the imperial concubine was implicated, his majesty would take the opportunity to suppress the generals, which would not be worth the gain.
Hou Xun was also worried that in His Majesty's absence, the Red Lady would take the opportunity to seize him on the grounds that he deliberately obstructed military affairs or even interfered in military affairs, further suppressing civil servants and making the emperor think that he, Hou Xun, really wanted to interfere in military affairs.
Thinking of this, Hou Xun also cursed. The red lady was despicable and insidious. She was obviously digging a hole and wanted to put a shit basin on his head. Otherwise, she would never have issued such a nondescript military order.
Neither of them got the reply they wanted, and they didn't dare to make the matter bigger, so they had to negotiate again, and finally took a step back.
Although Hou Xun agreed to summon the Mongols to fight, he asked that all tribal leaders be summoned to the city. It was up to him, the envoy, to decide how many men each tribe would send.
Although Huang Degong felt that summoning tribesmen to fight was a military matter, it was definitely not possible to continue the stalemate, so he finally agreed.
After the negotiation was completed, the two men immediately jointly issued an order to more than a hundred tribes under the jurisdiction of the Andong Protectorate, asking all the leaders to come to discuss the matter within two days.
This was the first time that the Anton Protectorate summoned the leaders of the tribes to discuss matters, so the tribes did not dare to neglect and immediately rushed over with great speed.
Hearing that the imperial court was recruiting five thousand cavalry to fight in the Hetao area, more than a hundred leaders immediately became red-faced and almost drew their swords.
Obviously the number of places is limited, and everyone wants to follow, because the imperial court not only provides food and accommodation, but also military pay. If you win the battle, you will be rewarded, and your warriors will also receive pensions if they die in battle. This kind of good thing is basically not available in any tribe.
Willing to miss it.
Everyone can guess that there must be some small and inconspicuous tribe in the Hetao area that has migrated here again. They joined forces with the Han soldiers to kill them. Isn’t it easy to capture them?
War horses, hides, cattle and sheep were fine, but those women and children were useless if the Han people came, they would definitely be rewarded, and what their tribe lacked now was population.
"Everyone, for the sake of fairness, I have decided to recruit fifty cavalry from each tribe!"
Seeing that the noise in the official hall was getting more and more intense, Hou Xun stood up and announced unhurriedly.
This was indeed fair, and most of the leaders had nothing to say. Some of the more powerful tribes, although they were dissatisfied, did not dare to openly refute and contradict this so-called ambassador.
Huang Degong frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied. This distribution was indeed fair, but firstly, these five thousand Mongolian cavalry were completely scattered, and their combat power would be greatly reduced. Secondly, some tribes were far away, which wasted too much time.
But the two of them had already spoken, and Hou Xun was responsible for the distribution, so it was hard to say anything more now.
The leaders of each tribe, seeing that Huang Degong remained silent, began to look at Hou Xun, the envoy, seriously again.
Strength is respected on the grassland. Even if Huang Degong did not deliberately exclude Hou Xun, the tribal leaders still looked down upon Hou Xun as the envoy, but were in awe of Huang Degong as the deputy envoy.
After all, Huang Degong held 60,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and he was also a general personally appointed by the Ming Emperor.
Although Huang Degong was far behind Hou Xun in terms of scheming, he was not stupid. As soon as he saw the expressions of these leaders, he woke up and knew that he had been punished by Hou Xun, so he had to stand up and said sternly:
"Assemble in Fucheng in five days. Those who fail to meet the deadline will be dismissed from the military law enforcement agencies!"
"yes!"
All the leaders clasped their fists in response, and then hurriedly left.
Five days later, when the men and horses from all tribes had arrived, Huang Degong did not delay any longer, and immediately led an army of nearly 30,000 people to kill westward in a mighty manner.
A full ten days have passed since the Red Lady issued the military order to the Fourth Army. The situation in the Hetao area has indeed undergone earth-shaking changes as Huang Degong guessed.
After the Ming Dynasty defeated the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols split into two parts: Wala and Tatar, and later evolved into three parts: Monan, Mobei, and Moxi.
Among them, Monan Mongolia is the most powerful. It is located south of the Yinshan Mountains and close to the Ming Dynasty. It mainly includes the Chahar tribe, the Tumut tribe, and the Horqin tribe. Now all the Tumut tribe has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and the Chahar tribe has been annexed by Houjin.
, the rest also surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and now only one Horqin tribe is left.
The strength of Mongolian Mongolia is second only to Monan Mongolia. It occupies a large area in the Western Region and Central Asia. It mainly includes the Junggar Tribe, the Heshuote Tribe, the Torgut Tribe, the Durbot Tribe, and those attached to Durbot.
The special department's special department.
Of course, now the Mongolian tribes in Monan have suffered heavy losses, and their strength is probably not as strong as the five tribes in Moxi.
Mobei Mongolia is located to the north of the Yinshan Mountains, has a harsh climate, and is far away from the Ming Dynasty, so its strength is the weakest.
After Mobei Mongolia was mainly divided by the Khalkha tribe, three major tribes were formed: the Tuxie Tuhan tribe, the Zhasak Tuhan tribe, and the Chechen Khan tribe.
The small tribe that moved to the Hetao area this time is a branch of the Tushetuhan tribe. Because this small tribe lives in the south, it often traded with the Tumut tribe in the past, so it was learned that the Tumut tribe in the Hetao area had moved.
After leaving, the whole family immediately moved here.
Although this small tribe left quietly, the migration of tens of thousands of people still could not be hidden from the great Khan of Tuxie Tube. After understanding what was going on, the great Khan of Tuxie Tube also chose to move the clan without hesitation.
Relocated to Loop.
The living conditions in Mobei are inherently harsh. Among the three major tribes, no one obeys the other, and they often fight to the death. If there is really nowhere to go, no tribe would want to stay here.
The Hetao area can be said to be the most desirable habitat for the entire Mongolian tribe. Now that the Tumut tribe has moved away, the entire Hetao area is empty. Only a fool would let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The reason why the Hetao area has become the most desirable habitat for all Mongolian tribes is that it is adjacent to the Yellow River, has abundant water and grass, and has the Yinshan Mountain as a barrier to the north.
Of course, the most important thing is that it is closest to the Han Dynasty. When the Han Dynasty is strong, the most important thing is to be respectful to some ministers, trade with the Han people, and exchange whatever they want.
If the Han Dynasty were weak and decadent, they would go south directly to harvest grass and grain. They could rob the grain and silk as much as they wanted, especially those delicate, white and tender Han women, who were the most wanted by all the nomadic tribes.
It is not impossible to even seize the opportunity in the end and enter the colorful world of the Han people.
Of course, now that the Ming Dynasty is so powerful that even the arrogant Jurchens of the past have to avoid its edge, the Khan of Tuxie Tubu will naturally not have any evil intentions.
Therefore, while we were still on the way of migration, we asked the small tribes that had migrated first to send envoys to make contact with the Han people and test the attitude of the Han emperor.
But that small tribe obviously wanted to go it alone and rely on the Ming Dynasty to dominate the Hetao area and break away from the Tuxie Tuhan tribe. Who would have thought that Emperor Xiao Zhu didn't bother to respond at all and directly sent troops to conquer.
Just as the Tu Xie Tu tribe was crossing the Yinshan Mountains in large numbers, the Hui people from Ningxia were also migrating north along the Yellow River. Further to the west, a tribe of 70,000 to 80,000 people was also crossing the vast Gobi towards the Hetao area.
Come.
This tribe is the Heshuote tribe among the five tribes in Moxi. Facing the increasingly severe survival pressure in Moxi, it originally planned to move to the Xihai area, but halfway it was learned that the Tumut tribe in the Hetao area had moved away.
, and immediately changed his mind.
It can be seen that the Hetao area is a great temptation for grassland tribes. Although the West Sea Lakeside is not bad, it is very different from the Hetao area. As long as there is a chance, almost no tribe is willing to give up the possibility of taking over the Hetao.
I think the Tumut tribe was just an insignificant small tribe at the beginning, but because of its good relations with the Han people, it grew to 200,000 people in just a few decades, becoming the largest tribe in Mongolia.