In the summer of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty, which was at war with everyone, was actually the most peaceful place in the world.
In March of this year, there was heavy rainfall in Shenyang. In May, heavy rain poured down in Tieling, Shenyang, Liaoyang and other places southeast of the Liaohe River. For seven consecutive days and nights, the Hun River, Taizi River, and Biliu River all swelled. Hundreds of miles of land became a vast ocean.
The water flowed across the river, fields were flooded, houses collapsed, crops failed, and people drowned. The water of the Yalu River also surged, destroying the grain market set up by the Jin Kingdom in Zhongjiang, Yizhou after the Battle of Dingmao.
Huang Taiji gathered the Jurchens, Mongolians, and Han people in the Northeast, and together they were called Manchuria. As soon as they laid the foundation for the great cause, the entire Jin Kingdom suffered huge disasters caused by rain, and even a corner of the Shenyang city wall was washed away.
In this chaotic era, there is no place in the world that does not worry about food. Everyone's decisions revolve around food; everyone's behavior is driven by hunger.
In fact, in recent years, whether it was Jianzhou or the later Jin Kingdom, from Nurhaci to Huang Taiji, the situation of the Aixinjueluo family has always been precarious.
To a certain extent, Huang Taiji, who dominates the northeast, can be called the king of bad land along with Liu Chengzong, who dominates the northwest... Even Liu Chengzong's geographical environment is slightly better.
The Northeast of this era was completely different in geographical environment from the Northeast of later generations, which had three major plains. The most basic thing is that the Northeast had no water conservancy facilities and could neither prevent floods nor drought.
The three major plains in Northeast China were still the three largest swamps in the world in this era. The two sides of the Liao River with the most dense population had a name in this era, Liaoze.
It is precisely because of the existence of Liaoze that the Jin State's military use against the Ming Dynasty has always been concentrated in winter and spring. Because at this time, the water volume of Liaoze decreased, the area shrank, and the water bodies were frozen. The Ming, Jin, and Mongolia were not allowed to travel on the ice. Impact.
In the Nurhachi era, the emerging Jianzhou Group struggled on the edge of life and death almost every year; but in the Huang Taiji era, the conquest of North Korea and a way out through the alliance of brothers gave the Jin Kingdom a stable food supply.
But this year's floods have once again forced Huang Taiji to a dead end.
One is because of the Yalu River, and the other is because of the Liaohe River.
The Koreans were not willing to pay or sell grain to the Jin Kingdom. This year, the Yalu River surged and flooded Yizhou, which saved trouble. The surge in the Liao River meant that even if the Ming Dynasty opened the Shanhaiguan Pass, the Eight Banners soldiers of the Jin Kingdom would not be able to get through.< /p>
God did not leave many choices for Huang Taiji. There was only one way left, and there was nothing to discuss. Under each banner, the leaders of the villages gathered the disaster-stricken banner men, prepared their own weapons, and assembled under the banner leader's tent. The Lord opened the treasury and lent private weapons and armor to many leaders to meet Tiancong Khan's requirements for the number of armored men in each department.
Immediately, the army gathered in Shenyang and marched northward along the east bank of the Liao River.
They will go north along the east bank of the Liao River, all the way to Horqin, replenish supplies in the Horqin Grassland, and then go straight to Monan along the north bank of the Liao River's turn.
This was Huang Taiji's second western expedition to Monan. The goal this time was to completely conquer Mongolia and stabilize the dominant position of the Jin Kingdom in Monan. If there was a chance, he would try to break through the Xuanda defense line and defeat the enemy. As for whether they can break through the Xuanda Defense Line, Huang Taiji, Beile, and the banner owner don't care. If they are broken, they are broken. If they are not broken, they are not broken. As long as they do not starve to death on the Western Expedition and return alive after the battle, it will be a big profit.
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Thinking of this, Huang Taiji, who was walking along the Liao River, was relieved of the gloom in his heart. He raised his whip and pointed at his entourage and said: "Go back and tell Yizhou that the water has risen this year, but food is indispensable. There are also 30,000 frozen persimmons and raw pears."
Huang Taiji's favorite food is frozen persimmons, followed by raw pears, the predecessor of frozen pears.
As for tangerines, he doesn't like to eat them, but his silly boy Dorgon likes them.
Dorgon is Huang Taiji's younger brother, but he is three years younger than Huang Taiji's son Hauge. In Huang Taiji's eyes, he is just a child.
After waiting until winter, with the grain shipped from North Korea, the Jin Kingdom can survive another year.
Living in this world, no one can survive every year. Anyway, Huang Taiji thinks that he should be able to survive better than the eldest nephew in the Forbidden City.
After all, if there is a flood outside the pass, it will not be much better inside the pass.
The situation inside the customs is indeed not much better than outside the customs. Even outside the customs, it was not just Shenyang that suffered disasters this year.
Mobei also suffered violent natural disasters. Last winter, Mobei was extremely cold. People had not yet recovered from the grief of livestock deaths. Drought visited this barren land again.
The extensive agriculture on the Mongolian Plateau was completely destroyed by drought. In response to such a disaster, the three Khalkha tribes living in Mobei finally held the Khritai Conference.
It has been a long time since the Khuritai Conference was held in Khalkha. In previous years, the nomadic routes of each tribe were directly assigned by their respective leaders. Now that the conference has been held for several years, some people are happy and some are worried.
There are hundreds of Mongolian nobles in Mobei, and knowledgeable people among them understand that Khalkha, which was almost condensed into a unified khanate during the Abadai Khan period, has become the moon in the water, and the three khans are on the bright side.
, the great split of Khalkha has become a foregone conclusion.
The Kulitai Assembly only discussed three things, one was Gunbu's succession to the throne, the other was dealing with disasters, and the third was the division of pasture land.
It was easy for Gunbu to declare himself Khan. He was the successor of Abadai Khan. Except for Shuolei, all the right-wing Khalkha nobles and most of the nobles on the left supported Gunbu to declare himself Khan.
But the problem is that the left wing can dispatch 110,000 troops, and Shuolei can directly control 70,000 troops.
The right wing can dispatch 80,000 troops, but the right wing supports Gunbu as Khan because the leader of the right wing, Subadi, was elected as Zasaktu Khan by all the nobles of Khalkha when Gunbu was still a child.
The literal translation of this title is "Khan with the right to rule", which actually means something like a regent. Therefore, the right-wing aristocrats khan for Gon Bu and can provide all kinds of support except help... It is not a big deal to watch the excitement.
,Everyone has his own sweat.
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As for Shuolei, Shuolei doesn't care whether Gunbu calls him Khan or not. He has his own things to worry about.
Just two years ago, Shuolei's direct military strength was only 40,000. Of course, 40,000 troops were already a lot, enough for Shuolei, who was born with a golden key, to dominate Mobei.
His territory extends to the Ergun River in the east and borders the Kingdom of Jin; in the south it borders Chahar. At the same time, although Shuolei does not obey the orders of the Great Khan, he also has the identity of Lin Dan Khan's brother-in-law. p>
This geographical location and this identity determined that during the war between the Jin Kingdom and Chahar, as the Monan Khanate retreated steadily, many tribes who did not want to follow the Jin Kingdom joined Shuolei's banner.
The nobles who originally belonged to Lin Dan Khan, such as Ujumqin, Sunit, Haqit, etc., all led their tribes to Mobei and asked for Shuolei's asylum.
This has also caused Shuolei's territory to become unprecedentedly large and its power to become stronger in recent years.
Although Shuolei was in Mobei, he didn't care about the other two Khalkha Khans at all. He focused on the world, the world of the Mongols.
Because a gluttonous feast was breaking out in Monan due to the war, the first to be destroyed was King Shunyi of the Jin Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty who occupied the Guihua City of Hohhot, that is, the Tumote tribe. They were defeated by Lin Dan Khan's Western Expedition. p>
At the same time, the Monan Khanate of Lin Dan Khan was also defeated by the Jurchen Jin Kingdom and fled to Qinghai. In the process, the entire Mongolian power in Monan was divided into three.
Some of the cowardly young people were recruited by Tiancong Khan of the Jin Kingdom. Others were dissatisfied with Lin Dan Khan and fled to Mobei to become Shuolei's subordinates. Finally, a group of tough people followed Lin Dan Khan and poured into Qinghai. They were devoured by Khitan Khan.
Net.
This is an unprecedented crisis for the Mongols. There is a Jurchen Khan in the east and a Han Khan in the west. They are all fake Khans. The fate of the Mongols must be in the hands of the Mongols themselves - of course, this is not what Shuolei said. p>
It was said by his group of Chahar survivors, old and young.
This group of people used to be the thorns in Chahar who refused to accept anyone. They could not stand the Mongolian Khan who was rebellious, nor the Jurchen Khan who was conquering the north and south, let alone the Han Dynasty in the west who had never met him.
People are sweating profusely.
So they ran to Mobei and found Shuolei, who was even more thorny than them.
Who is Shuolei? He was born with a golden key in his mouth, and has stayed in Mobei for half his life. He has a high self-esteem and ranks the heroes in the world in his heart. He used to think that he was the best in the world, but now he feels wronged... and he is the second in the world.
Earlier, Shuo Lei was number one in the world, and Lin Dan was number two. Now that grass has grown on Lin Dan's grave, Shuo Lei named his brother-in-law number one in the world and forced him to settle for second place.
As for the dead, you can lift them as high as you can, there is no harm in them.
What is the most important thing on the grassland? It is grass. Shuolei can allocate the grassland to the exiled nobles from the Khan's court. These people also reciprocate and rush to persuade Shuolei to join.
Strange to say, in the past when Lin Dan Khan was still around, these nobles were all troublemakers who sang against the tune. Now that the news of Lin Dan Khan's death in Qinghai has spread to Mobei, they have all become the old and the young, preaching against each other everywhere.
The sadness of Khan Bintian.
They say that the Yuan Dynasty cannot be without a king for a day. Those who are called Khans now are either foreigners with weird bloodlines or idiots without real talent and learning. The fate of the Mongols must be in the hands of the Mongols themselves. Therefore, we support Jinong as the wise Khan.
That is, Chechen Khan.
It’s like wearing a yellow robe.
Under such circumstances, on the day of the Khalkha nobles' alliance, Shuolei did not hesitate to support Gunbu in calling Tushetu Khan. If you want to be called Khan, just call him Khan. This Khan means a Khan who can be relied on, and there is no one anyway.
I will rely on him.
Of course, the co-existence of three Khans is actually nothing to the Khalkha nobles. They have long been accustomed to living under this pattern, and it is nothing more than a matter of course to establish it through an alliance.
The more important issue of the alliance is that the three Khans work together to overcome the crisis facing Khalkha today.
There are two main crises. The short-term crisis is to solve the problem of food shortage and poverty of the tribe; the long-term crisis is how to maintain independence in the face of the expansion of Daiqing Khitan Khan and Houjin Tiancong Khan.
Regarding the former, the three Khans had different opinions. Subadi in the west suggested paying tribute to Liu Chengzong again and seeking help from him. Gunbu and Shuolei were unwilling to pay tribute; Shuolei in the east suggested paying tribute to Huang Taiji and seeking help from him.
, Gunbu and Subadi were also unwilling to pay tribute.
Paying tribute or asking for help is not surrender in their eyes, not to mention the location of Mobei. Even if they surrender, Liu Chengzong and Huang Taiji will not be able to control them.
And Gunbu's idea is to rely on his own strength to solve the problem, that is, the three tribes of Mobei continue to expand northward - Shuolei and Subadi both think that Gunbu is out of his mind. He has no chicken feathers in the cold north, so why the hell is he going north? Seeing that Sanhan was about to quarrel, the nobles simply decided to skip this question and talk about the second one directly.
On this matter, it is rare for the three Khans to reach a consensus. No matter what the internal situation becomes, the three factions must reach unity in dealing with external enemies.
In the final analysis, this is the reason why Subadi and Shuolei disagree with each other about the other's tribute to the Kingdom of Jin and the Marshal's Mansion. They can't trust each other. If the other party gets too close to each other and directly changes sides, no one can face it independently.
To the Kingdom of Jin or the Marshal's Mansion.
At this time, Subadi said: "Since no one can do anything about the food issue, it is better to go to the Ming Emperor. Shuolei has in his hand the tribute letter from the Southern Emperor to the Marshal's Mansion, which is 490,000 taels. Let's go and sell it."
Horse."
Shuolei was already in a stable mood, but when he heard this, he almost jumped up in fear... It's not that Subaadi was to blame, but his proposal to trade tribute letters has recently become a serious problem for Shuolei.
Shuolei's fifth son is called Babu. Last year, he and Suba were the first to go to the Marshal's Mansion to express their friendship. Liu Chengzong made him a Ningyuan captain and was in charge of the tribute market.
He really couldn't figure it out. He didn't know whether he should say that Liu Chengzong had a great personality or that his son was a bit stupid. When Babu came back from Qinghai, he felt like he had been addicted to ecstasy, and his mind was filled with good things about Liu Chengzong and bad things about Huang Taiji. p>
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In fact, the reason is very simple. Babu visited the bustling Juerwan Market and saw a dazzling array of goods that could not be seen in Mobei. Therefore, he paid two years' salary to the Marshal's Mansion and received 480 lion tickets to buy them.
We took several cars back to Mobei.
With these four hundred and eighty taels, he replaced the ten Darhans around him with brand-new cloth armors, alms bowls, waist knives, spears, bows and arrows, and also bought himself gold and silver jewelry and fur robes made by top craftsmen.
Silk shirt.
Although it is bitterly cold in Mobei, Babu's father is an enemy of the country and is not a poor man. Four hundred and eighty taels of cents cannot buy him... What really bought him was that after knowing the price of goods in Juerwan, he remembered the city reward letter Liu Chengzong gave him.
Every year, the city rewards tribute books worth 490,000 taels of silver.
This means that 10,000 troops can be armed with new equipment every year.
For this reason, Babu thinks that Uncle Liu Chengzong from Qinghai values the Mobei Tribunal too much.
But Shuolei didn't think so at all. He frowned and said: "Subadi, you were kicked in the head by a horse when you came here? If the Ming Emperor's market reward is really a good thing, we are not related to Liu Chengzong.
He will give this thing to my son? He should leave good things to his son!"
Subadi didn't care about Shuolei's ridicule at all. He clapped his hands and said: "You have asked the right person. Liu Chengzong has no son, so he gave good things to your son."
"Am I talking about his son? I don't care if he has a son."
Shuolei said: "Now that Monan is falling apart, Huang Taiji's strategy is towards Mongolia. To get involved in the tribute city of the Ming Dynasty at this time is tantamount to grabbing corn from the fire! Don't you understand this truth, Zhasak Tuhan? Or do you hope?
Should I go to war with the Kingdom of Jin?"
Subadi smiled, and then he held the small table in the tent with both hands and looked directly at Shuolei.
"Whether I understand it or not, we can't drive away the natural disaster. Our three armies have no food available in autumn and winter. How many people will die? Instead of starving to death, it is better for the three armies to join forces and go to Monan to take a look at Shahukou." p>
