Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 451 Urger and his son confront each other

The wind in Mobei carries a strong fragrance of green grass. The Khan tent of Tuxietu tribe is located in the area of ​​Khan Mountain, but Tuxietu Khan Gunbu likes to stay in "Urge" in the north of Khan Mountain. It is called "palace" in Mongolian. It is said to be a palace, but in fact it is just a wooden fence. Enclosed earth fence.

Gonbu likes to stay here because he misses his second son, the great monk Lobsang Dambe Gyaltsen. At that time, for the benefit of Tuxie Tubu, he resolutely dedicated his second son to Buddhism and promoted Jebtsundamba to the throne. He built a mobile palace for his second son: "Urge". The great monk preached the Dharma everywhere. Wherever the people were, "Urge" would be there. In recent years, in order to expand his influence, the great monk has been stationed in Erdenizhao. In order to miss his son, he built an earth fence on the old site of his second son's "Urge" in the north of Khan Mountain. This place was later called "Kulun" (meaning "big temple" in Mongolian), and later it was called Ulaanbaatar.

The dignified Khan doesn't have the love between children and children of ordinary people. He likes to stay in Urg, not only because of the deep love for him, but more importantly because of the wealth of this place. Even though it looks like a small town, it is located on the main road of the "China-Russia Tea Road". The reason why Manchuria was able to enter the customs was greatly helped by Shanxi merchants. The caravans coming and going delivered much-needed supplies to the Manchus who were far away in Jianzhou and were short of supplies. They saw the importance of trade. After entering the customs, they strongly supported the Shanxi-Shaanxi merchants represented by the "Eight Imperial Merchants". Business gang development.

Hunan, Hubei and Fujian have been producing tea since ancient times. Shanxi merchants, who are particularly hardy, set out from Wuyi Mountain, passed through Huguang (Hunan, Hubei), crossed Henan, and then divided into two roads: the west road to Datong, passing through the vast grasslands and the vast Gobi, to Urg ( Kulun), passing through Udinsk, the trading center of the Buryat Mongols (today's Ulan-Ude, Russia), and in the castles of Irimsk, Bratsk, Tutursk, Verkhovna Lenask and other places controlled by Tsarist Russia, It is transported by Russian merchants to Moscow, St. Petersburg and other places; the other road goes to Guihua (now Hohhot) City, and then west to Baotou, Ningxia, Urumqi, Xining, Ili, Tarbachatai and other places for trade; the east road passes through Zhangjiakou, Hebei , transported northeast to Chifeng, Jinzhou and Mohe, Hailar and other places in Heilongjiang.

In this era, Tsarist Russia’s influence had only penetrated into the Lake Baikal Basin for thirty years. Trade with Russia has just been opened up, and doing business on this trade route can be said to have gone through hardships and narrow escapes. However, as long as they can make money, it really doesn't mean anything to Shanxi merchants who can endure hardships. Their arrival promoted the prosperity of Urg (Kulun) and revitalized the economy of Tushetu Khan.

Among the three Mobei Khans of the older generation, Tuxietu Khan Gunbu was the most economically minded. More than three years ago, he and Chechen Khan Shuolei jointly supported the Sunit tribe's Tengjisi to fight against the Qing Dynasty. After being defeated by the Qing army and weakened, they quickly licked their wounds by vigorously developing trade.

When heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, his will and determination must be hardened first. As soon as he took over the riding whip of the Tushetu tribe, he was taken away from the position of leader of the Khalkha alliance by Zasak Tuhan Subadi, and then he was defeated by the Qing army. Then the Cossacks of Tsarist Russia stirred up trouble in the Lake Baikal basin. A series of hardships gradually gave him perseverance and extraordinary wisdom, and he slowly led his troops to become stronger.

Gonbu wanted to build a city in Urg. With the protection of the city, Tuxie Tubu will become safer. However, all the tribes in Mobei have lived in the water and grass, and have not had the habit of building cities. Even in the trading center of Urg, there are not many people settled there. Most of them just trade here. After trading, they return to their tents and continue to herd horses and sing. Therefore, Gunbu will stay here. Wherever the Khan is, the nobles and ministers will be there. When they develop the habit of settling down, Urg will transform from a small village into a majestic city in Mobei.

Two of the older Mobei Sanhans have withered away. Although Gunbu is younger and in good health, he still feels that his energy is not as good as before. Therefore, like the two old brothers who died, he also raised an heir: his eldest son Chahun Dorji Hutaiji.

On this day, father and son were playing Go and discussing political affairs. The Han Chinese's game of Go is really exquisite, with black and white facing each other, the small chessboard is like the world, and the chess pieces are like thousands of troops fighting. He learned this art of conversation from a Ming Dynasty businessman, and then taught it to his son Chahun Dorji. The father and son would play against each other from time to time.

"Eqi Ge, what do you think of my move? Bang", Chahun Dorji fiercely buckled down with a powerful force, threatening to annex the world. He kept his father's teachings in mind: he must make ruthless moves, be aggressive with his deductions, and strike first with momentum.

After tweeting carefully, Gunbu nodded. His son's chess skills have improved greatly!

"Pa", he responded with a move elsewhere. It seemed to have nothing to do with the move his son made, but it was just right to contain his opponent. Not only does it block the opponent's offensive, it also has the effect of turning defense into offense."

"Wonderful! This move of 'striking in the east and attacking in the west' is so beautiful! Erqige, you support Sainbatma's plan to support Ombu Erdeni as Zasak Tuhan. Is it possible that you are also trying to seize the opportunity in the east and attack in the west?" The young man said. Chahun Dorji asked his father with a smile.

"Oh, please tell me which 'east' is the father's voice, and which 'west' is the attack?" Gunbu looked at his son thoughtfully.

"On the surface, you want to attack Norbu, but Norbu is the orthodox heir of the Zasak Tu tribe, so he should be the 'dong'. If you don't want to attack Norbu, then the target should be He is one of two people, Ombu Erdeni and Sayin Batma. The pasture land of Ombu Erdeni is barren and far away from us; the Erjigen Otok of Sayin Batma is The famous and fertile water grassland in Mobei is close to us. So my son boldly guessed that Sainbatma is the 'West' you want to attack." After saying this, Chahun Dorji looked at his old father proudly.

"Hahaha, my son has grown up! Yes, the goal of being a father is Sainbatma," Gunbu laughed loudly.

"My child is willing to be the vanguard and capture Erjigen for you." Chahun Dorji happily asked for the battle.

"No, the goal of being a father is not Erjigen, but the tens of thousands of people in Erjigen. My son must remember that our Mobei does not lack good pastureland, but lacks people. The only thing is that we are short of good pastureland. The most precious wealth is having people’s mouths!”

"My child is willing to plunder the population of Erjigen for you." "Haha, my child, you don't have to do anything, just stay quietly in Urg. It won't be long before they take the initiative to defect to us." Gunbu looked at his son with a smile.

The game of chess came to an end in a blink of an eye. Ginger was still old and spicy. Tuxietu Khangunbu won, but Chahun Dorji refused to leave.

"What? Does my son have anything else to do?" the old Khan asked his son with a smile.

"The great emperor of the Oross sent an envoy named Yakov Bokhabov. He said that in order to ensure that Baikal Dalai (Buryat Mongolian, Lake Baikal, North Sea in ancient Chinese books, They plan to build a castle called Irkutsk on the west bank of the lake. I hope you can grant it."

"No, absolutely not! How can you invite robbers to your home?" Lao Gunbu barked like a cat whose tail has been stepped on.

In the eyes of the old Khan, these Oros people were more ferocious than jackals and they must not be allowed into the house.

Indeed, the process of Tsarist Russia’s conquest of the Lake Baikal Basin was bloody and brutal. Their soldiers burned, killed, and looted wantonly, and their atrocities were heinous. A Cossack cavalryman admitted: "The in-kind taxes collected for His Majesty from the newly conquered Tungus and Buryat people every year are all exchanged for sabers and blood."

Not only did they kill people and collect taxes, they also arrested local people for trafficking. In 1649, the Tsarist Russian authorities wrote in an instruction: "The military and political personnel sent from Yeniseysk to Lake Baikal to serve His Majesty should send the captured Buryat men and women to Yeniseisk and resell the above-mentioned prisoners to Businessmen, fishermen and hunters, after registering with the tax bureau, transport them to Russia." Under this instruction, the invaders arbitrarily captured the Buryat Mongols, sold some, and turned some into slaves. The Cossack officers and soldiers even once regarded the number of people they owned as a sign of wealth and poverty, and they also regarded people as property and "stored" them like money.

Such atrocities are intolerable to any nation. The people of all ethnic groups in Lake Baikal have never stopped fighting, and there have been countless uprisings, large and small.

In 1645, the local tribes rioted, severely attacked the Russian army, refused to pay taxes in kind, and captured the city of Verkholensk three times. Wearing simple armor, riding horses and holding spears and bows, they attacked the Russian army; in 1646, the leader of Tsarist Russia, Kurbat Ivanov, escorted the furs and hostages back to the country, and the Buryats attacked Verkhorensk again, All the robbed livestock were taken back. In the same year, another tsarist leader, Bedakov, led 136 people on a second expedition to Buryat villages. They encountered resistance from the locals and tried to escape. The Buryat men "gathered nearly a thousand people" to fight with the Russians. The army fought, chasing the enemy "from early morning to late at night", and finally annihilated the group of bandits; the Yakutsk warlord sent troops to encircle and suppress the Buryat people. When the group of bandits brought a large number of captured items and prisoners, they were allowed to return to the castle. On this occasion, they were ambushed by two thousand Buryats and had to flee in panic; in 1648, the Buryats attacked Verkhorensk again. They occupied strongholds on the outskirts of the city and burned hay and crops.

Among the Tsarist Russian invaders, there was one named Pokhabov who was the most murderous. He killed the locals in the entire village, causing many people to flee to foreign lands and leaving the village in ruins. It forced a large number of people to flee and revolt, causing huge damage to Tsarist Russia's colonial operations, so that the Tsarist Russian authorities had to make concessions on the surface and send personnel from Moscow to mediate and punish Pohabov for his excessive expropriation. However, Pokhabov's successors continued to act in the same way without any change.

The tyranny of Tsarist Russia forced a large number of Buryat Mongols to flee to the territory of the three Khans of Mobei and seek help from their Khalkha Mongolian brothers. A Buryat leader named Kulgam wrote to Gunbu many times. letter. This aroused the alarm of Gunbu, who did not hesitate to support and accommodate the Buryat Mongols, and repeatedly asked Tsarist Russia to withdraw from the Lake Baikal basin.

Now the opponent not only refuses to retreat, but wants to go south to the mouth of the Angara River to build some kind of Irkutsk castle. Can't! Absolutely not!

"But Ergo, that Yakov Pokhabov said that if we agreed to their request, he would give us six cannons and 300 muskets, and also allow us to exchange livestock for firearms in Irkutsk. If In this case, we will soon become the most powerful tribe in Khalkha. The Buryats are just our distant relatives, and Baikal Dalai is not our pasture. They just want to build a trading castle. Is it necessary to reject them?" Chahun Dorzi wanted to get the Russian firearms, but he was a little reluctant.

"No, my child, don't let those petty profits affect your mind. Today is Baikaldarai, and tomorrow will be our Urg. Tell the envoy that if the Oros dare to go to the mouth of the Angara River Building a castle means war." Gunbu's attitude was very tough.

"Yes, Erqi Ge," Chakhundolzi thought for a moment and then said, "Yakov Bohabov also said that if we do not agree with them building a castle at the mouth of the Angara River, then please allow their merchants to build a castle at the mouth of the Angara River. A commercial port was opened south of the Angara River in the territory of the Buryat people. They have already named the commercial port, Kyakhta, the place where there is tea. They are willing to pay taxes to us."

"Well~" Gunbu thought for a while and finally refused, "In this case, those jackals will be too close to us and it will be too unsafe. You tell that Yakov Bohabov that it is okay to trade, but you can only It was carried out in their cities of Irimsk, Bratsk, Tutursk, Verkhovna Lenask, etc.”

(End of this chapter)