The Chahar Division suffered heavy losses this time.

The tens of thousands of men brought out lost more than 7,000 people, nearly half of the leading nobles of the Chahar tribe were killed, and more than half of the small tribal leaders and tribal men who were attached to the Chahar tribe were also killed.

Dorgon was worthy of being a famous Manchu general. He was quite charming at a young age. The cavalry soldiers carrying two yellow flags launched a surprise sneak attack from the foot of Saihan Mountain. Then he led his troops to pursue Chahar's defeated troops for hundreds of miles. He didn't stop until he reached the vast sea.

After this battle, the losses of the Chahar tribe did not seem to be large, and the total losses of the left and right Chahar tribes plus the vassal tribes were only about 10,000 people.

But what about actually?

The Great Khan of Chahar, Lindan Baltu, was killed, nearly half of the nobles of the Chahar tribe were killed, and nearly half of the leaders of the small tribes that were attached to the Chahar tribe were also killed.

what does that mean?

This means that there is a huge power vacuum in the Monan grassland, the Chahar tribe and the Chahar grassland, which represent the dominant position of Monan Mongolia!

Not only will there be civil strife in the Chahar tribe and the small tribes on the Chahar grassland, but also in other places, such as the Tumut tribe, the Ordos tribe, the Asu tribe, and even Horqin, who has been beaten by Huang Taiji and cannot hold his head up. All the troops will pursue the position of the Great Khan of Monan.

Why did Huang Taiji decide that once Lin Danbaltu died, the Chahar tribe would not have to worry?

Isn't it because there is no one in the Chahar tribe who has such a reputation as Lindanbartu and can inherit the throne?

After the death of Buyan Chechen Khan, Lindan Baltu succeeded to the throne as the eldest grandson. From the 23rd year of Wanli to the beginning of the 10th year of Tianqi, he served as the Great Khan of Mongolia for 26 years. He built Chahanhot as his capital. In an effort to restore the glory of Mongolia, in addition to wooing the tribes in Monan to support him, he also continued to wage war against Houjin, who was still the leader of Lao Nu at the time, and at the same time made good friends with the Ming Dynasty.

Although he made many mistakes, he was indeed working hard for Great Mongolia.

You can say that he is good at playing, but you cannot say that he is not serious about playing.

At least when he was the Great Khan of Mongolia, even if the tribes did not obey his orders, they all recognized him as the Great Khan of Mongolia, and Lindan Bartu was also very popular among the Chahar tribe and the Chahar grassland.

Both the noble leaders within Chahar and the small tribes recognized him as the Great Khan and were willing to obey his orders and follow his great banner and Mingdi.

This is also the reason why Lin Danbaltu can fight Hou Jin several times and still maintain internal stability even if he loses. What happened to him losing to Huang Taiji?

He can also pull out seven or eight thousand horses!

Why did he lose to Cao Wenzhao again?

He is still the Great Khan of Mongolia, and the Chahar tribe is still the overlord of Monan. As long as he is willing, Lindan Baltu can pull out the largest cavalry group in the entire Monan on the Chahar grassland.

But once he died, Monan Mongolia would no longer have anyone with enough prestige like him to stabilize the inside and win over the outside.

That's why Huang Taiji didn't want Lin Danbaltu to live. If he died, the Chahar tribe would be leaderless and Monan Mongolia would be in chaos.

And not only did Huang Taiji want Lin Danbaltu to die, Cao Wenzhao also didn't want him to live.

Because as long as Lin Dan Bartu, the Mongol Khan, is still there, neither the Ming Dynasty nor the Manchu Qing Dynasty can develop effectively on the grasslands. It can be said that half of the reason for Lin Dan Bartu's death is the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but half of the reason is also due to the Qing Dynasty. he himself.

In fact, Cao Wenzhao had been paying attention to the alliance between the Chahar tribe and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. After all, the Ming Dynasty did not want Mongolia and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to unite.

Therefore, when Lin Danbaltu and Huang Taiji met at Saihan Mountain to form an alliance, Cao Wenzhao followed them all the time.

In order to prevent the traces from being discovered, Cao Wenzhao only followed with more than a thousand cavalry at a distance. However, Cao Wenzhao was already prepared. If Lin Danbaltu and Huang Taiji succeeded in forming an alliance, he would immediately prepare to send troops, even if Balian Na

With all 40,000 cavalrymen gone, he could not let Chahar Mongolia and Liaodong form an alliance.

But he didn't expect that Huang Taiji would kill Lin Danbaltu during the alliance.

So Cao Wenzhao watched the whole process of Dorgon's sneak attack on the Chahar headquarters, and then the whole process of Tututaiji who rushed down the mountain and led his men to fight back and finally escaped to the vast sea.

From beginning to end, Cao Wenzhao did not move a single soldier. He just watched, watching the performances of Huang Taiji and Lin Danbaltu, until the end of the drama.

Seeing Qututaiji fleeing with the remnants of Chahar's troops, the generals were a little ready to make a move.

"General, don't we take the opportunity to rush over and kill Chahar and the others?" Li Zhao asked.

Cao Wenzhao shook his head: "It's not time for us to send troops, and the court probably didn't expect this situation. Now that the Great Khan of the Chahar Tribe was attacked and killed by Huang Taiji, the Chahar Tribe and Liaodong have turned against each other.

, we are taking action now, just to help Huang Taiji and let them go back, but they will become our help."

"Back to Balian's capital, we will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. I will also prepare a sermon for the capital."

After returning to Balian's capital, Cao Wenzhao was not idle for a moment. He first ordered Mingwei general Zhao Guangli and Guangwei general Han Wu to lead their ministries to station vigilance in Dongba's capital to monitor the situation of the Chahar grassland. He also wrote notes to the court.

, ask the court for its opinion.

After General Feiqi's report arrived in the capital, this military report was also sent to the cabinet.

General Huang Zongxi, who had been following Zhang Haogu, reported to Zhang Haogu's case: "Yuan Fu, the military report sent by Balian Na."

Zhang Haogu, who was dealing with the folds from various places, raised his head, looked at the folds and then at the sky and then said: "Thank you for your hard work, it's getting late. Let's go back and rest."

Huang Zongxi said with a smile: "Didn't Yuan Fu go back to rest? As a student at this age, why would he go back to rest?"

Indeed, even though it is already night, Zhang Haogu has not returned home and is still dealing with government affairs.

The situation in the Ming Dynasty is getting better and better, which does not mean that Zhang Haogu has less and less things to do. On the contrary, because the situation has gotten better, more and more government affairs have been sent from various places.

It is only the beginning of spring this year. With the situation of the grassland, military affairs in Gansu and Shaanxi, the management of the Yellow River in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei, the opening of business and land equalization in the south of the Yangtze River, and many other affairs of the imperial court, Zhang Haogu, the chief minister, is very busy.

Since the New Party now supports the imperial court and implements the New Deal throughout the country, the New Party has to take on the task. Everyone under it is busy, and he, Zhang Haogu, has no time to spare.

Even though Zhu Qiqi is now pregnant with Liujia and her belly is getting bigger and bigger, Zhang Haogu can only ask his servants to help take care of her. Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Yan are also paying close attention to Zhu Qiqi, their adopted sister.

He comes to visit from time to time, and recently he directly brought Zhu Qiqi into the palace, which allowed Zhang Haogu to relax from his political affairs.

After stretching his somewhat stiff neck, Zhang Haogu smiled, opened the gun, took out the military newspaper, and read the intelligence submitted by Cao Wenzhao, the Governor of Mongolia.

As he watched, Zhang Haogu's expression became slightly solemn and then returned to normal.

After reading the book carefully, Zhang Haogu glanced at Huang Zongxi. This year Huang Zongxi has reached the age of twenty, which is the age for being crowned. It means that he has completely grown up and can do things independently.

Calmly pushing the fold forward, Zhang Haogu picked up the tea cup on the side and took a sip of tea to refresh himself: "Taichong, please take a look at this fold."

Huang Zongxi stepped forward to pick up the booklet and frowned as he looked at it. Zhang Haogu drank tea slowly, and after Huang Zongxi finished reading the booklet, he asked: "Taichong, what do you think of this matter?"

Huang Zongxi knew that Zhang Haogu wanted to see his understanding, so he carefully considered his words: "Yuanfu, the students believe that Huang Taiji's matter will not only cause them a big trouble, but will even destabilize the border of the imperial court."

Zhang Haogu nodded slightly: "Continue talking."

Huang Zongxi gained a lot of knowledge by following Zhang Haogu, and his vision was extraordinary. He pointed out the root of the problem: "It seems that Huang Taiji can use the Chahar tribe's chaos to take the opportunity to annex the grassland and expand Liaodong's strength.

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"But as word of his actions spread among the tribes in the grassland, there will inevitably be a gap between the grassland and Liaodong. In the future, whether Huang Taiji recruits other tribes or small tribes want to join Huang Taiji, they will each think in their hearts. In this way,

Grassland and Liaodong have never been able to come together."

"Governor Cao gave Guitu Taiji and others a way out and allowed them to return to the Chahar tribe. The Chahar tribe, which suddenly lost the Khan and a large number of nobles, will definitely experience pain, but this grief will soon make them

The seemingly chaotic Chahar tribe can be twisted into a ball to fight against Huang Taiji, which can save Ming Dynasty a lot of energy."

"As for the unforeseen?"

Huang Zongxi paused and sighed: "Lindan Baltu has great ambitions. Although there are some problems in his actions, he can still use his personal prestige to subdue the various tribes in Monan Mongolia. Even if the tribes do not listen to his orders, they will respect him as the Great Khan. Now he

Once he dies, the various tribes in Monan Mongolia can't help but think about competing for the Khan's throne, and some of the policies he set may be impacted."

"Lindan Baltu advocated reconciliation with the Ming Dynasty. Even if there was a gap, he did not cut off the mutual trade between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty and maintain stability between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty. Now that he is dead, if those small tribes take the opportunity to cause trouble

If there is any movement, then the Ming Dynasty’s border trade will definitely be affected, and some small tribes that rely on our Ming Dynasty and the people near the border will also be affected.”

"Maybe there will be another war at the border, destroying the hard-won stability now."

After listening to Huang Zongxi's understanding, Zhang Haogu nodded: "You are right."

"These wolves in the prairie will cause trouble once they lose their wolf king."

"There must be a wolf king on the grassland. There must be a wolf king who is close to the Ming Dynasty. If not, find another wolf king."

"From the moment Lin Danbaltu chose to take refuge in Huang Taiji, whether he was conceited or had other agendas, he, the Great Khan of Southern Mongolia, would not be able to live long."

"I am not afraid to tell you that even if Huang Taiji does not get rid of him, I will find a way to get rid of him and replace him with a Khan who is willing to continue to rely on Ming Dynasty."

"The current policy of the imperial court is to implement the New Deal in the south, and in the north, use the grasslands and southern Liaoning to surround Liaodong. This is a national policy that cannot be changed. The New Deal is basically in the north. If the north cannot be in chaos, the old Donglin Party in the south cannot be overthrown.

Any storm arises."

"Therefore, the grassland must support the imperial court, or be for the imperial court."

"Border trade is not a big deal for the imperial court. It is just a measure taken by the imperial court to stabilize Mongolia. Not to mention any impact, even if it is suspended for three to five years, it will not have much impact on the imperial court."

"This pavilion has seen this, and Cao Wenzhao has also seen it."

"So, he wants to tell me that he plans to use the short-term chaos in the grassland to create a new pattern."

Zhang Haogu pondered: "Taichong, you can draft a plan for this pavilion and transfer it to the military department to send troops to the capital."

"Let's just say that the imperial court supports his idea. Balianji should not make any big moves for the time being, and just let the Chahar tribe fight Huang Taiji first. During this period, Balianji must stabilize himself and send more manpower.

Go to various tribes and encourage herdsmen to come to my Ming Dynasty pasture."

"When Huang Taiji and the Chahar tribe are almost done fighting, then go find Huang Taiji and drive him out of the grassland."

After hearing this, Huang Zongxi said: "Students understand, let's do it now."

After Huang Zongxi left, Zhang Haogu subconsciously picked up the tea cup, but found that it was empty. Looking at the empty tea cup, Zhang Haogu slowly put it down, looked at the bright moon outside the window and sighed softly: "With ten months,

Swordsmen and soldiers exchange for the stability of the grassland. I hope everything goes well. If things go well here, the grassland should be stable."

By the time the order from the capital was sent back to Balian's capital, two wars had already broken out on the grassland.

After fleeing back to the Chahar Grassland, Qututaiji and the chief nobles returned to Chahanhot and spread the news. The Great Khan was attacked and killed by the despicable and shameless Huang Taiji, and nearly half of the nobles were injured. Tens of thousands of men were killed.

The death in battle not only made Chahanhot mournful, but also made the people in the Chahar tribe angry.
To be continued...