Entering November, the northern grasslands are getting colder. The air is dry and cold. Although it has not snowed yet, the cold air from Siberia whistles across the grasslands. The temperature is getting lower day by day.
Since the Tumut people suffered a defeat in Haraqin and lost more than 10,000 people, they fled back to their territory. Strong warriors from each tribe were killed, and there was a lot of crying.
When the weather gets cold, herdsmen gather in a limited number of overwintering pastures. These are generally leeward and sunny places with a lot of dry grass. It’s not too cold in winter. Cattle and sheep can also use their hooves to dig through the snow.
Find dry grass and grass roots to eat.
If there is no food, no matter how much fat the cattle and sheep catch in the autumn, they will not be able to survive the cold winter. Therefore, they must go to overwintering pastures to spend the winter.
However, the bad luck brought about by the defeat followed. An Sanxi's cavalry received orders from Yang Fan. They dispersed into small groups and constantly harassed these wintering camps, making them difficult to guard against.
Although the cold winter is not suitable for large-scale military operations, the Mongols themselves also know that Ansanxi will not go out to conquer them in winter. If they encounter a cold wave, their soldiers will easily freeze to death in the wilderness.
However, there is no problem for small troops. They have enough cold-proof clothing. Thick cotton clothes and pants, each person has five tons of hippopotamus, and the newly equipped incendiary bombs make these small groups of cavalry a nightmare for the Mongols.
They always come late at night and use incendiary bombs to burn the pastures needed for wintering. These pastures are dry and yellow, and under the strong northwest wind, they show the potential of a prairie fire.
These hateful cavalry were very good at setting fires. A cavalryman hung on the side of his horse and lit a series of fires along the ground with a torch. He ran over and there was a line of fire. Soon the fire spread and burned to the winter camp.
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The herdsmen and the leaders were so frightened that they had no choice but to set fire to burn out the isolation zone. Otherwise, if the fire came over, their camp would become a roasted sheep.
They had known for a long time that Naerenbaat'er was not easy to mess with, and the Taijis were crazy, and they would go to Haraqin to tug his tiger beard. Now it was better. He came to take revenge.
The thousands of Tumut households were divided into twelve tribes, or Twelve Otoks.
Xin'ai Huangtaiji's tribe was stationed in Xiaobaihai and Mifeishan areas to the north of Xinghe (now Zhangbei County, Hebei Province) outside Xuanfu. This is 150 kilometers away from the border of the Ming Dynasty. Xin'ai Huangtaiji's station is located in
The easternmost part of Tumote Ten Thousand Houses is adjacent to the Uliangha tribe station of Duoyanwei.
After An Sanxi's cavalry set fire several times, the tribe's pastures had been burned. Everyone was crying and didn't know what to do.
When Xin Ai Huang Taiji woke up in the morning, he heard the crying outside. He was fed up. He regretted very much that he had listened to the other twelve Taiji's instigation and provoked the disaster star Nai Renbaat'er.
"Go out and see what they have been moaning about all morning. If there is nothing serious, give them a whip." Taiji said fiercely.
After a while, Na Ke'er came back and said with a mournful face. "Taiji, last night, those Han people came to set fire again and burned down the reed swamps by the Naxi River. They burned the sacred cow brothers who were hiding inside. The herdsmen
Everyone is crying."
"What, something like this happened? These Han people are so abominable."
These two bulls are bison that roam the grasslands. Every year during the estrus season, they come to mate with the cows who love Huangtai Jibu. They are so majestic that the calves they give birth to are very strong.
The good cows in the tribe are the descendants of these two.
These two brothers are happy singles on the grassland. They usually wander around and are protected by the herdsmen. After eating, they sleep, wake up and eat, and then go around looking for cows to make themselves happy.
The men on the grassland envied them both. You can tell from the names given to the children on the grassland how much they envied these brothers. Tugula (a calf), Biru (a bull under two years old),
There are many names like Wu Hu'er (Strong Ox).
Now, these two sacred cow brothers were burned to death in the fire, and everyone was so sad that they couldn't control themselves. They cursed the Han people, and also cursed the Taiji people for not doing good things and causing this disaster.
Not long after, worse news came. They were surrounded by An Sanxi's army.
At this time, the entire tribe had only more than 4,000 capable warriors. An infantry division, plus a reconnaissance regiment, and more than 10,000 cavalry came outside the winter camp.
Xin Ai Huangtai Jibu was in trouble, and everyone quickly grabbed weapons and prepared to fight. However, during this period of time, their pastures were burned and they were attacked frequently at night. Everyone was exhausted and their hearts were in chaos. Moreover, about Nai Ren
The news of Battle's kindness to the lower-class shepherds has been spreading.
A group of more than thirty cavalrymen came over and came to the formation of four thousand cavalrymen from Xin'ai Huangtai Ji's tribe.
"Mu Qinglu, you traitor, you still have the nerve to surrender to me. Bah," Xin Ai Huang Taiji cursed angrily.
"Xin Ai Huang Taiji, you old man. You said I was a traitor, and I also said you were a shameful liar and a criminal who murdered the lord. Do you want me to tell the shepherds here how the prince died?
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"You, what do you want? I will not surrender to that traitor Nai Renbaat'er. We who love Huang Taiji will fight bloody battles with you to the end and die together with you."
"Hmph, open your eyes and see if you are qualified to fight us to the end." Mu Qinglu roared.
Behind him, more than two hundred camels were lying on the ground, with camel cannons mounted on their bodies. The black muzzles of the cannons were pointed at the cavalry.
The Mongols suddenly panicked. They were actually very afraid of firearms. The Ming Dynasty had taught them enough lessons with firearms for two hundred years.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Nai Renbaat'er asked me to send a message to you, take your cronies, Na Yan, the herd master, the soldier leader in the tribe, and your family members, and leave here.
Guihua City. We will open a road. If you don't leave, we will launch an attack in an hour. Five hundred camel cannons will blast you into pieces. Think carefully and don't make a mistake.
"
After saying that, Mu Qinglu turned around and left without any hesitation.
Xin Ai Huang Taiji had a ferocious look on his face, and he was struggling in his heart. They knew that the reason Nairen Bater let him go with his cronies and family members was because they did not want to harm these herdsmen. Once a fight broke out, the men in the tribe would suffer heavy losses.
He needs a shepherd to feed his sheep.
Xin Ai Huang Taiji is getting old. The older people get, the more afraid of death they are. In the end, he could not make up his mind to die together. He gritted his teeth and ordered to abandon the herdsmen and cattle and sheep, and took his trusted cavalry with two thousand people, and
Family members and belongings left the camp in a mighty manner and headed towards Guihua City.
He was not worried at all that if he left the tribe, Narenbaat'er would lie to him and then send troops to hunt him down.
Tumut's farewell and his promise are more precious than gold on this grassland. No one, whether he is his enemy or his friend, will question it.
As the grassland entered winter, one after another tribes were annexed by Nairen Bater in the winter camps, both soft and hard. The Taijis gave up their tribes, cattle and sheep, and came to Guihua City with their cavalry and cronies.
Take refuge.
Taiji of the Dacheng Taiji tribe later suffered the same fate. He also went to Guihua City. Their pastureland was the westernmost end of the pastureland of thousands of households in Tumot, across the Yellow River from Ordos.
.Some scholars believe that the tribe of Dacheng Taiji is the Mengoljin tribe of Tumed Ten Thousand Houses.
Taiji, the Bayuet tribe (literally means "waist"), also came. The tribe's pastoral areas were located outside Tianchengwei (now Tianzhen County, Shanxi Province) and Yanghewei (now Yanggao County, Shanxi Province) in Datong Prefecture.
Yin Keju Lige area.
Dengdalate (Dalat) tribe. Its pastureland is behind Duolanwoken Mountain outside the Desheng Fort in Datong.
The Wushen (also called Wushen) tribe. Its pastureland is in the Kerer area, just north of the border fort in Datong Town.
The Duoluo Tuman Tribe has its grazing land in the northwest outside the Piantou Pass in Shanxi Province.
The Uluru Tribe. Its pastureland is in the area of Wuke'erju'erke just north of Datong Tiancheng.
Wang Jila tribe. Its pastureland is outside Wanquan Youwei (today's Wanquan County, Hebei Province), and is adjacent to the Uluru tribe in the west.
Bukares tribe. Its grazing land is located in the Caha Roer land outside Xinhekou Fort in Xuanfu (some scholars believe that Caha Roer is Chahannuoer in today's Shangdu County).
Duan Naitai Ji tribe. This tribe is stationed in the Mifeishan area north of Shanfang Fort in Xuanfu.
Maoming'an (also known as Mao Ming'an) tribe. Its pastureland is in the Caoduo Mountain area outside the northwest of Chaigoubao (now Huai'an County, Hebei Province)
Dasa Huang Taiji, who was in charge of Guihua City, panicked. Twelve tribes Taiji had entered Guihua City. This meant that these tribes had been annexed.
Except for the Hangjin tribe, the largest tribe that controls the jacket, Jiuyuan City and Linhe City, as well as the vast area south of Yinshan Mountain and north of the Yellow River, and did not participate in the Battle of Haraqin, Guihua City has become an isolated city.
No more today.
This chapter has been completed!