Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1055: 20 people who control strings

Mongolia split into several parts, and now only Moxi Mongolia is still in an independent state, not under the control of any force, and the reason for this is because of his strong strength, no other force can subdue him.

Moxi Mongolia, which was split from the former Wacha, mainly consists of the four major tribes of Zhungeer, Heshuote, Durbert, and Turhut, and dozens of subdivisions such as Huite.

They formed a loose alliance in Moxixing, and the leader of the alliance was the increasingly powerful leader of the Zhungeer tribe, Batur Huntaiji.

Wacha was able to compete with the Ming Dynasty, and had a presence in Beijing. The Ming Dynasty has always regarded it as a strong enemy. Even after the rise of the old slaves, the Ming Dynasty did not think that the threat of the old slaves was greater than that of the Mongolian tribes.

After the split of Oala, the Zhungeer tribe could not be the leader of the entire alliance, but over the years, the situation in Moxi has changed, and Moxi has gradually become a situation where the Zhungeer tribe is the only one.

In the first year of Chongzhen, the Turghute tribe moved westward to the banks of the Volga River, and had little contact with the tribes in western Moxi.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, the Heshuo Special Department moved to Qinghai under the leadership of Gushi Khan, and was defeated by Hauge in the first year of Jin Guoyongzhang. Only the Zhungeer department is left.

Batur Huntaiji, the leader of the Zhungeer tribe, became the lord of Moxi, controlling the vast area from the Tianshan Mountains in the south, the Altai Mountains in the west to Lake Balkhash and Congling, and the Ankara River in the north. In the tribe, there are nearly [-] people who control strings.

Hearing that Zhungeer was going south to attack the Kingdom of Jin, Yu Yin couldn't help turning pale. This was not only a problem in Hexi, but Guanzhong would also be attacked by Zhungeer, and the country might even be destroyed.

When he thought that Guanzhong had finally regained its vitality, and that Hexi's business had just started to improve, but it was about to face Mongolia's attack again, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

"Hasn't the Zhungeer Ministry been fighting against the Manchus all the time? Why did they suddenly want to deal with us?" Yu Yin sat on a chair with a heavy expression on his face.

Sun Kewang had just gained a firm foothold in Hexi, and this news was undoubtedly a major blow to him. He was silent for a while, and then said: "Last year Zhungeer planned to attack Monan, but was defeated by Daishan's leader. Jin lost in Sichuan and coveted the wealth of Hexi, so he went down and grabbed it."

Yu Yin was a civil servant. When he heard that the Zhungeer Ministry had gathered 20 people to go south, he panicked. He could only rely on Sun Kewang, so he hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do now? Does the prince have any countermeasures? "

Sun Kewang groaned for a while, then stood up, took out a map of Hexi and spread it out. After looking at it for a while, he said, "First, the news of Zhungeer's invasion of the bandits must be passed on to the imperial court immediately, so that the imperial court can do a good job." Prepare and send reinforcements to Hexi."

Yu Yin nodded after hearing this, "I will write this excerpt together with the prince."

Sun Kewang raised his head to look at Zhang Sheng, and continued: "Secondly, the three spies will continue to interrogate to see if they can obtain information about the strength of the Mongolian army, which tribes the army consists of, who is strong and who is weak, and the general direction of going south. "

"The last general will do it!" Zhang Sheng knew the seriousness of the situation, so he cupped his fists and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Sun Kewang called him to stop, and then said: "Send a few teams of spies to the grassland to investigate and monitor every move of the Mongols."

Zhang Sheng nodded heavily, and Sun Kewang waved his hand, telling him to do it quickly.When Zhang Sheng came out of the lobby, Sun Kewang looked at Yu Yin again and said solemnly: "Yu Fantai! Zhungeer is in full swing, the border market in Hami must be closed immediately, and personnel and residents must evacuate to Guazhou as soon as possible."

Yu Yin knew that once Zhungeer went south, Hami would definitely not be able to defend, so he nodded immediately, "Okay, I will organize the evacuation immediately."

Sun Kewang nodded his head and said, "Besides, the chief envoy will enlist the peasants from Hexi to rush to repair Guazhou City, and order the tribes and residents in the north of Guazhou to move to Jiayuguan immediately."

"Don't worry, my lord, I will go back to the Yamen to handle it immediately!"

After finishing speaking, Yu Yin walked out with his legs blaring, and Sun Kewang said loudly to his back, "Thank you Yu Fantai!" Yu Yin left without turning his head, walked to the door, and was tripped by the threshold When he fell, the guards helped him up, but he left in a hurry without brushing off the dust on his body.

Sun Kewang's eyes sent him to the door, and then suddenly turned his head and said: "Send the order, the troops of Hami, Dunhuang, Anding, and Shazhou will immediately gather in Guazhou, and then send orders to the tribes to send elite soldiers to Guazhou to obey orders."

On the east side of Tianshan Mountain, north of Balskuo Mountain, there is a huge lake named Balikun Lake, also known as Pulei Sea. The surrounding mountains are undulating and the water and grass are abundant. It is a good pasture.

At this time, the surrounding area of ​​Pulei Sea was already covered with large white Mongolian tents, and one of the huge tents covering an area of ​​three acres was exactly the tent of Zhungeer Batur Huntaiji.

The Zhungeer tribe is a tyrant in Central Asia, and Kazakhs and Huihui dare not provoke it. After the Manchu and Qing sneak attacks were successful, they are now on the defensive.

Now the entire Zhungeer tribe in western Moxi is the only one, and Batuer Huntaiji took the opportunity to annex many small tribes, as well as the remnants of the Heshuote tribe who returned from Qinghai. The entire Zhungeer tribe has 20 large and small tribes. Ten thousand tents, based on a family of five, the population is close to one million.

The Mongols are different from the Central Plains dynasty. Only a few households in the Central Plains send out one soldier. As long as the Mongols are men, they are soldiers. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are 20 people who control strings.

At this time, in Taiji's big tent, Baturhun was sitting on a blanket. His fifth son, Cholos Sengge, and his sixth son, who was less than ten years old, Cholos Galdan, sat beside him. Beside him, Choros Chechen and Choros Chotbabatur sat on both sides.

In the center of the big tent, a brazier was lit, and a wizard wearing a mask was singing and dancing around the brazier.After a while, the wizard raised the bone staff in his hand, threw a few bone fragments, and scattered them on the wool carpet.

Everyone in the tent held their breath, the wizard knelt down and looked at the bone fragment, then sat quietly with his eyes closed.

After a long time, Chuoros Sengge on the side asked, "How are you, Archmage?"

The great mage slowly opened his eyes, stood up suddenly, and said mysteriously: "I saw the guidance of Changshengtian, Taiji will become the Great Khan of Mongolia and restore the glory of the ancestors."

Batur Huntaiji originally had no idea of ​​calling Khan, because there were Heshuote and Duerbert's troops, he said that Khan was difficult to convince the crowd, but now that Heshuote has been defeated, and the Durbert's department has fallen again In the Qing Dynasty, he had the meaning of sweating.

In fact, when he attacked the Qing Dynasty last year, Batuer Huntaiji wanted to take advantage of the victory to claim victory, but in the end he encountered a big setback and retreated back to Moxi in despair.

This time he heard that Jin Guo lost the battle with Nanming and lost tens of thousands of elite riders, so he wanted to squeeze a soft persimmon to restore his reputation.

This time he gathered all the ministries to attack the Kingdom of Jin, just to show his strength, to see who was not convinced, and to take the opportunity to proclaim his sweat and establish the Zhungeer Khanate.

Baturhui was overjoyed when he heard the words of the great mage, and asked again: "About this trip to the south, Changshengtian has guidance!"

"Changshengtian guides Taiji, Zhungeer will conquer Chang'an all the way!"

Hearing this, Baturhui laughed, "Okay! This time going south, Zhungeer will avenge Heshuote, defeat Jin Guo in one fell swoop, and occupy Guanzhong!"

Everyone in the tent suddenly burst into laughter, obviously full of confidence.

Baturhui had already made sufficient preparations in advance, knowing that Jin Guo suffered a disastrous defeat, so he chose to attack Jin Guo.

He is adding insult to injury and pinching a persimmon, so he is very confident that he will be able to establish his prestige through this war and become the Great Khan of Mongolia.

At this time, Baturhui stood up suddenly, and then said loudly: "The Longevity Heaven guides the great Mongolia, and Zhungeer will restore the glory of the ancestors. Pass on my alliance order and order all the ministries in Moxi to gather here and prepare to follow Zhungeer. South Expedition."

(End of this chapter)