Chapter 122 The situation in Mongolia and Xinjiang (1)
The mountains are like a screen, with peaks and ridges, ravines and ravines in various shapes.
The pines and cypresses in this mountain are evergreen, the willows in the ditches are green, the streams are gurgling, and the green trees at the foot of the mountain are reflected in the blue waves. When you look at it, it is not like a wilderness, but like the Central Plains.
"The clear sky shows the central tower of the temple, and the morning dawns brightly on the city's upper floors. The noise of carriages and horses can't be seen, and the chanting of whips winds diagonally across Fengzhou."
The ruling center of Mongolia's right-wing Tumut tribe is on the other side of the Daqingshan Mountain.
In later generations, this place was called Hohhot, the provincial capital of Inner Mongolia. The so-called "Hohhot" means "blue city" in Mongolian. It comes from the place where Anda Khan and Sanniangzi built a large square brick with green bricks in the ninth year of Wanli.
The fortified new city.
Nowadays, since the green city has not yet been established, "Hohhot" is naturally out of the question. At this time, the old name from the Jin and Yuan Dynasties is still used here: Fengzhou.
Since Ada Khan, the leader of the Tumut tribe, entered Hetao and quickly unified Monan, this place has been his pastoral residence, and now it has become the de facto Khan's court of the Tumut tribe.
At this moment, at the foot of Daqing Mountain, a large-scale caravan was meandering.
It was late autumn, the rice and millet in the Central Plains were ripe, and the cattle and horses on the grassland were fat and strong. In previous years, it would have been the time when the Shanxi caravan set out to collect goods and set foot on the grassland.
However, in April of this year, I sent my army to attack Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi, and sent warnings at the border. In August, I and my son Xin'ai attacked Datong and Jinzhou separately.
Although Datong's commander-in-chief Ma Fang, Jizhou's commander-in-chief Qi Jiguang and other generals were well guarded, the two important places were safe and the enemy was successfully repelled in September. However, after all, it has only been a month since I withdraw my troops.
Which caravan dares to blindly enter the grassland? It is said that the Han caravan went straight to Fengzhou, but even the Mongolians who went to Zhangjiakou to purchase goods were already very rare - after all, they had just fought a war, right?
But this caravan is different. Not only does it dare to go deep into the grassland, it even maintains its arrogance when it reaches Daqing Mountain, as if the Fengzhou City not far ahead is not a dragon's pond and a tiger's den at all, but is like wandering in the back garden of one's own home.
This caravan traveled two or three miles back and forth, with a total of six to seven hundred riders, which is really rare in Monan. However, they probably traveled too far, and the pack horses were already quite tired by this time, and each one of them was exhausted.
With their heads drooped, they were unable to relax for a moment under the weight of the cargo on their bodies. The heavily armed caravan knights were still waving their whips and shouting loudly, intimidating the horses that seemed to be about to be crushed.
This caravan is not only large in scale, but also has many horses pulling goods. A casual look at it shows that the number of knights and pack horses is estimated to be more than 1,300 to 400. Even if it is placed in Mongolia, it is still a big fortune.
A caravan of this size will inevitably have armed guards, so there are about two hundred vigorous knights in front and behind the caravan. The horses under their crotches are obviously different from the pack horses. They are tall and majestic, and they are probably even taller than the regular cavalry of the Ming Dynasty border army.
Not bad at all. The knights on horseback had swords across their waists and arrows stuck in their backs. They all looked very imposing. They were obviously the armed guards of this caravan, but... the size of this guard was really too big.
In the front, middle and rear of the caravan, the same flags were flying in the wind to identify themselves: it was a giant wolf howling under the moon, with the wolf's body embroidered with the color of blood.
Blood Wolf Howling Moon Flag.
The blood is red, this is the color of the Ming Dynasty; the wolf howling at the moon is the majesty of the grassland!
It is said that it has only been half a year since this flag appeared. However, in this mere half year, no less than a thousand Mongolian bandits have fallen under this flag. Especially in May this year, one person
A small tribe of thousands of people who had just been punished by Anda Khan for a trivial matter, because they were covetous of the large amount of goods carried by this caravan, sent out all their clans, intending to take advantage of the evil, but in the end they were defeated by this caravan carrying the flag of the blood wolf roaring at the moon.
The caravan guard suffered a huge defeat, and the entire tribe was killed until only about two hundred people were left, and they immediately fell apart.
The land of grasslands has always admired heroes and admired their strength. This Han caravan that dared to fight back and completely wiped out an entire group of people in the vast grassland not only was not encircled and suppressed by Anda Khan's army, but was recognized by Anda Khan afterwards.
The leader of the right-wing Mongolia, Anta Khan, personally announced publicly that this caravan was "worthy of the friendship of this Khan" and strictly ordered all ministries to "remain friendly and not to have evil thoughts" when they came to do business. Anyone who violated the order would be punished as
"If you despise this Khan's edict, you will be punished."
Of course, the above are all words "translated" by Bansheng Han people. In fact, Anda Khan's original words were: "They are here to do business with me and are my friends. Who of you dares to use force against my friends?"
, I will kill all the men in your clan, seize your women, cattle and sheep, part of them will be rewarded to the meritorious soldiers, and part of it will be used to make amends to friends."
Very crude, very direct, but very effective.
After all, even the "Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty", the nominal master of the Wanli Grassland, and the Mongolian left-wing Zhasak Tutumen Khan are wary of Anda, fearing that he will use his strength to show off his ferocity and peek at the "big treasure". Who dares to do so in this desert land?
Ignore Anda Khan's strict orders?
Therefore, even though the war was over, this large-scale caravan, under the watchful eyes of the Blood Wolf Roaring Moon Flag, still dared to come to Fengzhou, the Khan's court of Anda Khan.
The blood wolf roaring moon flag, such a secondary image and name, of course, only a high-ranking official who has played too many computer games can come up with it and feel proud of it. And the guard knights carrying this flag are exactly the same as those of Baili in the past.
Xia Xiangma is the basic force. After half a year of expansion and more than three months of private training by Datong Commander-in-Chief Ma Fang, it was finally carefully crafted!
Unlike most of his time-travel predecessors who "expanded private armies", Gao Pragmatic rarely personally intervened in his "private army" in the name of armed servants, except for formulating some rules and regulations. He only focused on introducing Yuan Shikai's "advanced experience"
" His escort servants, whether on foot or on horseback, must shout a slogan loudly during three meals a day and when paying monthly wages: "Eat the eldest son's food and obey the eldest son's orders!"
If it is an additional reward, then one sentence should be added: "Thank you, eldest son, for the reward, and for working hard for him!"
Although this method is almost simpler and more crude than An Dahan, after six months of observation, the effect is unexpectedly good. Especially according to the method formulated by Gao Pragmatic, the chief officer who "leads the troops" is not allowed to pay personally, but
Candidates must be appointed by Gao Jingshi, under the supervision of military leaders at all levels, in front of every guard servant, after the implementation of the "pay to the individual on behalf of the eldest son" system, even if Gao Jingshi does not directly interfere with the guard
The operation of the servants, but enjoys a high reputation among the escort servants.
No wonder later generations once concluded, "Whoever pays to support you is your father." This is a wise saying. In the final analysis, this pragmatic approach is nothing more than constantly reminding his guards and servants who is the one who "pays to support you."
people.
But now, this team, which Gao Shidu paid for, has arrived outside the Khan's court of Anda Khan.
***The author has something to say***
Thanks to book friend "fengjiyue" for the tip, thank you! In addition, after reading the title of this chapter, you might as well guess what I am going to write about?