From the Qilian Mountains to Golmud, 40,000 Mongolian athletes from the north galloped across the country, dividing and encircling the tribes scattered throughout the Qinghai Tumede, such as Taiji, and either surrendered or annihilated them, and fought one simple and beautiful battle after another.<
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In this era of rapid changes, among all the Mongolian feudal lords walking on the earth, Chuok Rabbit is an outlier.
He was born into a prominent family in Khalkha and is an authentic descendant of the Golden Family. When the power of the Khan Court fell and was unable to control the lords of each wing, it seemed that every descendant of the Golden Family felt that he could become the Great Khan.
Only this little lord who was born in Khalkha is still loyal to Lindan Khan of Chahar and supports every decision of Lindan Khan, even fighting for it.
As early as ten years ago, in his poem, he compared Lin Dan to a virtuous king on earth who could rival the Emperor of Heaven, and compared himself to Liang Bi, the virtuous king who assisted him.
It's a pity that Lin Dan Khan's decisions sometimes go against the interests and beliefs of the Khalkha, so now others are still in the Khalkha, while Chok Rabbit, who is over 50 years old, has come to Qinghai.
From Liu Chengzong's point of view, Chuck Rabbit's attack on Qinghai was similar to robbery, but to Chuck Rabbit, it was the sum of loyalty, hatred, and survival.
He does not want to rob, but to completely conquer Qinghai.
Chuo Ketu wanted to do this ten years ago, but he had just arrived outside Gansu at that time, and his tribe was still too weak to attack the powerful Huo Luochi family of the Tumut tribe.
For this reason, he hid in the bitter cold land, herding and raising horses. On the one hand, he took in the Mongols from the northeast, and on the other hand, he waited for an opportunity and sent his followers into Qinghai to attach themselves to the lords of the Huo Luochi family.
Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. All kinds of information are sent to the outside of Gansu through his subordinates. Although Huo Luochi's subordinates are numerous, they are kept in a state of half-death due to the Ming Dynasty's blockade. The armor and weapons are very weak, and the iron weapons are particularly weak.
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The two most powerful sons of the Huo Luochi family launched multiple internal strife following the death of their father, further weakening their strength.
The opportunity for Chook Rabbit has come. As long as it successfully enters Qinghai, it will not only solve the problem of survival, but also lay a foundation for the Khan Court to recuperate.
It is strange to say that a Khalkha Taiji with noble blood, weak strength, loyalty to the Great Khan, and extremely aggressive personality could rapidly expand in power in a short period of time after being driven out of his base by his headquarters and pursued by enemies from all directions.
, become a Khan with 40,000 troops outside Qinghai?
Because of the cold and Huang Taiji who is five thousand miles away.
The cold brought famine to the northern tribes, forcing each tribe to migrate south. However, the south was obviously not a good place under Hou Jin's offensive.
But in this story, the role played by Hou Jinhuang Taiji is not a villain.
Under the oppression of Hou Jin, many Mongolian lords were caught in the cracks. Lin Danhan could not rub his eyes with sand. Anyone who dared to secretly communicate with Hou Jin would be struck with thunderous blows.
Huang Taiji kept throwing sand at Lin Dan. Lin Danhan could not directly attack Hou Jin who threw the sand. Instead, he could only rub his eyes harder.
Continuous military victories also continued to offend feudal lords, which eventually led to marginal tribes rebelling and joining Huang Taiji's command. Lin Dan Khan was getting further and further away from his dream of unification.
The increasingly radical policies alienated Chahar Khan and his lords, and many tribes moved westward. What is there in the west?
Wala is not a good person. He was hired by the Ming Dynasty to attack Tumut and other tribes several times. The hatred between the two sides was so thick that it could no longer be resolved. However, there was a Chuoktu Taiji outside Gansu who was willing to accept them. p>
More and more herders from various Mongolian tribes arrived with their families and became the subjects of Chuoktu Taiji. The preparations made by Chuoktu after years of starving in the desert came into use.
There is no way to support so many Mongolians outside Gansu. The surrounding enemies are all powerful, and there is not much land for this large alliance of losers to settle down.
Who is the weakest person here, who occupies the most fertile land, and whose strength is greatly reduced by the competition between brothers?
The answer is about to come out, Huo Luochi from the Tumote tribe!
Whether it is to assist Lin Dan Khan in his great cause, or to feed these Mongolian athletes to avoid internal strife - they can only and must invade Qinghai.
The mighty Mongolian army swallowed up Guru Taiji's territory.
In the felt tent belonging to Gurutaiji in the Heka Grassland, Chuoktu Taiji, who was over fifty years old, took out a lion-handled bronze mirror from the trophies. The finely polished mirror accurately reflected the old man's face after suffering from smallpox. p>
In Khalkha, he also has a name called Chuoerhu Chuoktu. Chuoerhu means mottled, which simply means pockmarks.
At this time, Chook Rabbit's 40,000-strong coalition had quickly captured the entire Heka Grassland, and had surrendered, driven away, or killed all the tribes that had surrendered to Guru Taiji. They were now gathering on the west bank of the Yellow River, ready to cross eastward and continue to defeat them.
Xiao Lazun.
The military victories greatly encouraged the tribesmen and gave a boost to Chuo Ketu's ambition to occupy Qinghai.
But Chuck Rabbit was still full of uneasiness. He looked at the bronze mirror not to appreciate his old face. This pockmarked and weather-beaten face was nothing to look at.
It's because there are two Chinese and Mongolian characters on the lion-handled bronze mirror, which says Qinghai Marshal's Mansion.
This gift from the Marshal's Mansion to Guru Taiji's wife is the secret of Liu Chengzong's control of the Huoluo Chi tribe.
Conquering Qinghai was a big deal. Chuoqitu could have chosen to wait a little longer, but the news of Liu Chengzong's victory in the southern expedition came back, making him realize that this might be his last chance to capture Qinghai.
He is extremely clear about the situation in Qinghai. At this time, all the elite Huoluo Chibu troops have entered Tibet, and the main force of the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion has also moved south to attack Duokang. There will never be such a good opportunity for him to launch an attack on Qinghai in the future.
This war is going according to Chuck Rabbit's plan. The first one to be attacked is Guru Taiji, followed closely by Xiao Lazun, completely cutting off the connection between the north and south of the Marshal's Mansion. If these two wars go well enough, he will
There will be three months to deal with the Marshal's Mansion along the Qinghai Lake.
So far, the attack on Guru Taiji has gone smoothly. Lazun has not crossed the river to rush for reinforcements. At this time, even if Lazun wants to cross the river, it is too late. The next step is to see whether they can cross the Yellow River from the Heka Grassland and enter Xiaolazun.
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However, the success of the offensive in the east-west direction does not mean that there is no pressure in the north-south direction.
The Marshal's Mansion is difficult to deal with. They have built a bunch of wooden forts everywhere and are adding bricks and stones to them, so Chuck Rabbit's strategy is not to take action against them yet.
Therefore, none of Chook Rabbit's attacks touched the Chaka Salt Lake. Even if Guru Taiji's tribe was wiped out, Haixi County could still transport salt from the Salt Lake.
He even sent people to Haixi County to express that he had no hostility towards the Marshal's Mansion. This was an internal matter for us Mongols.
There was indeed no fighting between the two sides at the beginning, but several newly established inns were inevitably destroyed during the fighting. There were not many people and it did not cause much damage.
Chuck Rabbit thinks this is not a big deal. If it’s a big deal, he’ll pay gold and silver.
But the Marshal's Mansion joined the war.
The leader of his subordinates quickly walked into the felt tent and reported with a very complicated expression: "Taiji, the cripple has beaten out again."
Chuck Rabbit was so angry that he just wanted to throw the bronze mirror: "I don't want to offend them anymore, what else do I want to do!"
The cripple that people call him is Liu Guoneng, the magistrate of the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion in Haixi County. At first, he had a good conversation with the people from Chuo Ke Rabbit. After all, he is very generous. The man from Chuo Ke Rabbit came to his door and gave away one thousand three thousand gold.
One hundred taels.
Liu Guoneng's entire Haixi County, including the Zhonghu garrison at Nanshan Fort, did not have one thousand three hundred taels of gold in his possessions.
So both Liu Guoneng and Zhong Hu thought, then you can beat yourselves. As long as you don't move to Salt Lake, we won't care about you.
But the two of them still sent the news to Xining truthfully.
Liu Xiangyu was actually confused about the situation. The entire marshal's office had no idea about the sudden rise of the Mongolian coalition. The main intelligence pointed to desert bandits. At first, he thought he knew how to send gold and silver. This desert bandit was quite interested in becoming a king. But Mrs. Cai blew the pillow wind and played a vital role in the battle.
Chuck Rabbit never dreamed that his plan was all good, but it failed at those small inns that didn't even have earthen walls.
Mrs. Cai doesn't understand any major national affairs and doesn't think about it. She just feels unilaterally that this Chuck Rabbit is not a good person.
Because there was no inn, she could not write letters to her son.
Liu Xiangyu thought about this. If the Tatars were fighting wars, if they really believed in Wang Hua, why would they destroy several post stations in a row, causing the marshal's palace to lose contact between the north and the south?
This thief probably has big plans!
With a stroke of his pen, he wrote three words in reply to Liu Guoneng: Fart, hit.
Liu Guoneng received this simple and rude letter on the first day of April. He even suspected that Mr. Liu's seal had been stolen.
Seeing that the elegant and easy-going Mr. Liu was cursing, he had no choice but to fight. He called Zhong Hu and took the initiative to attack three times from Nanshan Fort in April, restraining a large number of Chuo Ketu's troops.
Generally speaking, Chook Rabbit is just tired of the rush to the north. The Nanshan Fort in Haixi County only has thousands of soldiers. Many times they attack with speed, attack quickly and return quickly. The combat range is a hundred square meters.
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After all, the situation in the Marshal's Mansion is clear to Chuoketu. There are no mobile troops there, and the fortress is enough to defend it. There is no room for a large-scale attack. It is just to contain his thousands of troops along the Nanshan Mountain.
The militiamen at the source of the Yellow River are like knives hanging over their heads.
The post soldiers over there started fighting with him earlier than the Marshal's Mansion in the north. In mid-April, there were still only a dozen people and two boats, attacking the Mongolian soldiers along the coast. They should have been wiped out in an instant.
But across the natural danger of the Yellow River, he was attacked several times in half a month, with dozens of casualties and dozens of casualties. The guard kept asking for more troops. Chuoktu wondered if there was something wrong. Couldn't he kill more than a dozen people?
After careful analysis, I found that there is really a key place to gain time.
Chook Rabbit calculated the three months after the elimination of Huo Luochi based on Liu Chengzong's marching speed. According to the Mongolians in Tumote, Liu Chengzong walked for three months from here to Nangqian.
It would take three months to return, and to conquer a vast territory, he would definitely need to disperse the garrison, pass on the news, assemble the army, and force supplies. The time would be enough for him to defeat Guru and Lazun, who did not have elite troops in their hands.
In this way, it is critical whether there are boats at the Yellow River ferry.
For this reason, Chook Rabbit mobilized another thousand-man team and headed south, bound to destroy the ferry and ships on the other side before Liu Chengzong went north to return for reinforcements.
If Khalkha wants to cross the river and destroy the ferry boats, it must first cross the river, and to cross the river, it must build ships.
If Zou Feng wanted to save himself, he couldn't let the enemy cross the river, and he had to build ships even if he didn't let the enemy cross the river.
With the arrival of this thousand-man Khalkha team, Zou Feng's pressure increased sharply, and the camp was even attacked by Mongolian soldiers on the night of the fifth day of May.
The water in some places at the source of the Yellow River is very narrow. Dozens of Mongolian soldiers swam across it with swords in their hands. Although they were discovered by the father-in-law's army, the largest gunboat ferry was still destroyed. They could only watch helplessly as more and more sampans were built by the Mongolians on the other side.
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But it's not just the Mongols on the north bank of the Yellow River who can ask for reinforcements. Zou Feng can also ask for reinforcements. His reinforcements are the postmen from several post stations in the south.
All the post stations understand the truth of the situation. There is a huge disparity in strength between them and the Mongols. Before the arrival of the army of the Northern Expedition, the Yellow River is the only natural barrier to protect them. To protect this natural barrier, they must support Zou Feng.
Reinforcements from four post stations along the way arrived one after another. Some post officials sent four people, some post officials sent five people, and some post officials called the surrounding Xifan heads to call dozens of soldiers.
People are not the most important thing. The reinforcements arrived and brought a large number of firearms. The troops that Zou Feng could command were only 32 lion soldiers, 180 Mongolian soldiers, and more than 700 Mongolian herdsmen, but he had six pole-carrying weapons.
Guns, six small cannons, and twenty-five muskets can carry out long-range strikes across the Yellow River against enemy troops preparing to cross the river.
With the reinforcements, Zou Feng became hardened and ruthless, bragging about the raft while building the ship.
The Mongolian nobles stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River were not to be outdone. They saw that the advantage of this group of post soldiers was their firepower. They even made thick shields and fired at Zou Feng across the river bank.
Anyway, the result is not good-looking. A large shield is no different to a small cannon, and even broken pieces of wood can kill people.
After the old ferry was repaired, a new ferry was built, two battleships equipped with cannons and guns, and six 70-pound shore defense guns, making Zou Feng once again the invincible overlord at the source of the Yellow River. However, they fought like this for more than a month. Just when the situation was looking good, the enemy army sent more troops, and even Mongolian figures appeared on the east side of the south bank of the Yellow River. Zou Feng had no choice but to decide to abandon the ferry and ordered
The people drove the ferry to the Xingxing Sea, a large lake next to it, and led nearly a thousand herdsmen to hide in the mountains.
This situation also made Liu Xiangyu in the north furious. His eldest son Liu Chengzu gathered all the manpower that could be mobilized and prepared to rush to rescue Xiao Lazun with three thousand troops who was being pressed by Chuo Ketu's army.
As a result, Xiao Lazun did not even fight, so he sent tens of thousands of family members, old, weak, sick and disabled on the east bank of the Yellow River to take refuge in Juerwan, while he led more than 3,000 capable Mongolian soldiers to escape.
The territory is no longer needed. He wants to go to Uzang to be his living Buddha and no longer care about the disputes in the world.