The Mongols frequently harassed the front lines of the Great Wall. In addition to robbery, they also plundered the young and healthy population outside the Great Wall.
At this time, Lin Dan Khan had greatly strengthened the strength of the Chahar tribe because of his reconquest of Monan Mongolia last year.
Because Monan has not experienced war for decades, it has a large population and rich tribes. Now Lin Danhan is benefiting from everything.
His western expedition brought great disaster to Monan. Adult men were killed, and women and children were captured as slaves and distributed to Mongolian warriors in Modong.
Millions of war horses, cattle, sheep, and livestock were driven back to the Chahar tribe. The princes, Taiji, and herdsmen of various tribes in Monan suffered huge losses.
They once again trembled and knelt before Lin Dan Khan, swore allegiance to the Immortal Heaven, and rushed to send their most beautiful wives and daughters to Lin Dan Khan.
After Lin Dan Khan suppressed Horqin, he was interfered by the Qing Dynasty and failed to retreat, which caused a great blow to his prestige. After the centrifugal force among various ministries intensified, his power expanded again.
The whole of Mongolia was trembling. In front of Chahar's 100,000 cavalry, none of them dared to disobey Lin Dan Khan's will.
When Lin Dan's order came to ask for Han slaves, the tribes breathed a sigh of relief. This was better than asking for women, cattle and sheep.
They were afraid that if they were too late, the Great Khan would change his mind and quickly collect all the Han slaves in the tribe and escort them to Jingangbai City, so as not to give Lin Dan Khan an excuse to hide the Han slaves and start a war against them.
On the grassland, tribes from all directions sent out escort teams, converging towards one place.
Lu Shouli was beaten up in the morning. He was on duty last night and didn't sleep all night. He held an iron fork and faced off against the wolf all night in the sheepfold. In order to scare the hungry wolf who came to take the sheep, he shouted until his voice became hoarse.
He must risk his life, otherwise if he loses one sheep, he will be beaten severely.
This year he has already had three broken ribs.
Nothing could happen again, he felt that his body could no longer bear it.
Cursing in my heart, I could only get up.
This is the territory of Buryatia, and this camp is located on the shores of Lake Baikal in later generations.
The Buryat people were called Buriyati in the Yuan Dynasty. Ethnically, they are a close branch of the Erut Mongols. They were originally nomadic in the Transbaikal region. At this time, they had developed northward to the area between the Yenisei River and the Lena River.
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This was the northern boundary of the Mongol sphere of influence.
They are further north than Khalkha Mongolia (Outer Mongolia). To the south of Buryatia is the Chechen Khanate of Khalkha Mongolia. To the east is the Savage Jurchen region. To the west is the edge of the castle built by Tsarist Russia in its recent exploration of Siberia.
At this time, the Savage Jurchens were widely distributed in the area south of the Waixing'an Mountains, north of the Second Songhua River, and east of the Ergun River. The area is equivalent to today's Heilongjiang Province. In addition, Heilongjiang was ceded by the Aihun Treaty and the Beijing Treaty of the Qing Dynasty.
To the north, east of the Wusuli River, and south of the Waixing'an Mountains, there is approximately 1.5 million square kilometers of land.
Lu Shouli had long been numb. He had cried all his tears when he was a boy. He didn't know how far away from Lulong County he was. He could only live one day at a time.
He thought about running away, but he knew that human legs could not outrun horse legs. It was impossible to escape by running away. Moreover, in this desolate prairie, the lone people were just food for wild animals. Without food and water,
No one can cross the Gobi.
Going east is the savage Jurchen, how dare he go there. Going south is the territory of the Chechen Khan, and when you get there, you can be captured as a slave by the north. After passing the territory of the Chechen Khan, you can go northeast to Horqin and Shenyang. Do you want to be a slave for the Jiannu?
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It is almost impossible to go all the way south through the great desert and Gobi to reach the territory of the Tumut people, through which you can go to Datong and Zhangjiakou.
He was taken away when he was sixteen years old, and now he is thirty-six years old.
The tribes close to the Ming Dynasty only used the youngest and strongest slaves. Because they were close to the Ming Dynasty's frontiers, they could be captured every year.
Slaves don't have enough to eat, they work day and night, and their physical strength declines quickly. Generally, they use them for a few years before selling them to tribes further north. After a few years, the tribes further north will continue to resell them at a reduced price.
In this way, they were resold step by step. Many slaves died, and those who did not die ended up in the fishing sea.
Are you going to be sold again? He smiled bitterly.
He looked at the whole slave camp, where the Mongolian soldiers were searching out more than 300 Han people and concentrating them in one place.
These people had not taken a shower since they were captured. They were stinky and covered with scabies, and their hair was stuck together like felt. The clothes they wore were all rotten leather.
The commoners were stripped naked when they were captured. Mongolians wear leather robes in summer and cannot withstand the summer heat, so they like commoners very much.
These people have dull eyes and are skinny and skinny.
They all walked barefoot, because they had no pants or shoes. Their calves and feet were cracked, and the soles of their feet were covered with thick calluses.
They don't have boots in winter either.
The only option was to beg some mutton oil from the Mongols, apply it on the skin, and then wrap it with a torn skin.
The Mongolian soldiers used spears to drive away these zombie-like people and told them to leave quickly.
Where further north are there Mongols?
He remembered that after crossing the Fishing Sea, the only people left were the nomadic tribes of the Evenki people.
They domesticated moose and roamed in the primeval forests. There were also the savage Jurchens outside Heilongjiang. They all wore clothes sewn from salmon and salamander skins.
They are the same as the savage Jurchens, savages more terrifying than the slaves.
He sighed in his heart, forget it, just live one day at a time.
As he was getting further and further away from his hometown, he felt sad.
Thinking of his elderly parents in his hometown, and his wife who had only been married for a year when he was arrested, I felt sad. He had not had time to leave a heir for the family.
He wiped his tears with the back of his bony hands.
"Brother Lu, where are the Tatars going to take us?"
Lu Shouli raised his head and saw Xiao Cui holding the child, and asked in panic.
Xiaocui is only sixteen years old this year. Her parents are both slaves. The year before last, there was a quarrel and a group of more than 200 Cossack cavalry came to kill them.
This chapter is not over, please click the next page to continue reading! The camp on the edge was raided. Her parents and her husband did not escape. They died in the Cossack attack.
That time the Cossacks almost massacred the entire camp and took away all the cattle and sheep.
Lu Shouli was tending sheep. He met Xiao Cui who had escaped from the camp and was holding a child. Xiao Cui informed him of the arrival of the Russians.
Lu Shouli made a prompt decision, abandoned the sheep, took the Mongolian mastiff shepherd dog Bale, pulled the mother and daughter, and ran into a hibernating brown bear cave.
The bear failed to survive the white disaster and died in the cave. Lu Shouli didn't dare to say anything after discovering it. He just secretly tanned the bear's skin, washed the meat and offal, smoked it and dried it, planning to use it as supplies when escaping in the future.
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That time they hid in a cave and escaped the search of the Cossack cavalry. It was not until the Mongolian cavalry arrived and drove away the Cossacks that they returned to the camp. What they saw were corpses everywhere and burned ones.
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In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, the Russians invaded the Balabin Grassland. In the following decades, from the Tara area to the Irtysh River and the Yenisey River Basin, the Tsarist Russians encroached and devoured them again and again, and established in key areas.
Castle, and constantly sent missions to various Mongolian ministries to lobby in an attempt to persuade them to submit to Russia. At the same time, they also collected intelligence from various Mongolian ministries and the Ming Dynasty.
In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the Russians established Yeniseisk.
In the first year of Chongzhen, Krasnoyarsk was established.
Tsarist Russia then formed two invasion directions, southward and eastward.
The Mobei grassland to the south is inhabited by the Erut tribe and the Khalkha Mongols. Each tribe has a large population and has strong resistance to the various intentions of Tsarist Russia. The leaders of the Tushetu Khan tribe and the Chechen Khan tribe to which the Khalkha Mongols belong have also
After sending people to Moscow for negotiation many times, Tsarist Russia's southward intention was blocked, so it turned its target towards the east.
Therefore, in the past ten years, the Buryat Mongols have begun to bear more and more pressure from Tsarist Russia. The Buryat Khan began to increase the population along the coast of Lake Baikal and consolidate border defenses.
These slaves were all acquired in the past two years. Only he and Xiaocui and his daughter survived from the previous slaves. So Xiaocui is very dependent on him. It seems that he is her backbone and she comes to him to discuss everything.
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And he also took good care of this poor mother and daughter. After all, they were compatriots who spoke the North Zhili dialect. It gave him a feeling of kindness from his hometown.
When he came back from herding sheep, he would often bring back some goat milk for Xiaocui's daughter. He secretly squeezed it from the ewes.
Because of heavy labor and malnutrition, Xiaocui's shriveled breasts did not have enough milk to feed her now one-year-old child.
"I don't know, but it doesn't look like it. The masters actually asked me to pack my things and take all the food and leathers with me. It's really like the sun is coming out from the west. When I was sent to the hospital in the past, I almost always walked away naked. Because of the things
It can be left to the next slave."
After a while, a crowd gathered, and a centurion rode up.
"Listen, you slaves, the common master of the grassland, the king of kings protected by the Immortal Sky, the direct bloodline of Genghis Khan, the God of Gods, the all-wise Genghis Long Shenghan, Lin Dan Hutuktu Shengwu Genghis Khan, the great Ming Xue
The Zen battle is invincible. The great Chakravardi Taizong, the Jade Emperor of the universe, the Golden Wheel King. The great Khutuktu Khan. The great Khutuktu Khan, Lindan Batur. There is a will,
You humble slaves are going to the Vajra White City to work for the Great Khan. This is the blessing you have earned in three lifetimes and the supreme glory. Now join me in thanking the Immortal Heaven for taking care of you."
As he spoke, Centurion Bald Ma Chun put his hand on his chest and began to chant.
The slaves did not dare to disobey and cursed Bald Ma Dun in their hearts. Why didn't this scoundrel fall off his horse and fall to death? Why didn't he drag him to death? But they had no choice but to repeat the words in Mongolia.
Lu Shouli could hardly believe his ears. He had planned an escape plan for a long time, but he didn't have to run away. Lin Danhan actually took these Han slaves. When they arrived at Jingangbai City, Chahanhot, it was not far from Liaodong and Jizhen.
It’s five hundred miles away.
The slaves were overjoyed that their master actually allowed them to take away all their belongings. They were all carrying large and small bags. The master was not so kind, he just hoped that they would not die on the road.
I hope they can all make it to Chahanhot City alive. There are enough of them to satisfy the Great Khan's appetite, lest he stare at his women, cubs, cattle and sheep with the greedy eyes of a hungry wolf. The horror of Monan Mongolia
The outcome has frightened them.
Lu Shouli helped Cui'er and her children carry their luggage, and was about to set off with the large group of people. Suddenly, a sound of dog barking came. Lu Shouli took a look and saw that it was his shepherd dog, Mongolian Mastiff Bale, who was carrying his dog.
My wife, Mongolian biting wolf dog Qiaona, came running together.
The two dogs kept rubbing their heads against Lu Shouli and whining aggrievedly, as if they were complaining that Lu Shouli had abandoned them. The two dogs had large frames, one meter tall, and were Lu Shouli's helpers in shepherding the sheep.
"Lord Centurion, can I take these two dogs away?" Lu Shouli asked respectfully, putting his hand on his chest.
Bald Ma Chun used his slender eyes to look at this slave who didn't know his condition with evil eyes. His hand touched the handle of the knife and he slashed him to death.
With murderous intentions, he suddenly felt like he was being stared at by evil wolves. He saw the two majestic dogs looking at him with cold eyes.
There are very few timid Mongolian Mastiffs. They are brave and fearless. What is especially dangerous is that this dog will attack silently without giving any warning.
Bald Ma Chun slowly released his hand from the handle of the knife. Maybe it was a good thing to bring two dogs. After all, the road was still quite far. He was unlucky to take on this bad job. There was no oil or water at all, and there were a lot of dangers on the road. At least.
There are two ferocious dogs, so I can call the police at night or something.
"Pay attention to your identity and don't anger me. Take these two dogs with you. From now on, you can sleep on the edge of the camp and keep vigil."
Lu Shouli didn't expect that the centurion actually agreed, and he quickly bowed with profuse thanks and took Bale and Qiao Na to join the team.