After the Ming army entered Danhan Mountain, they did not continue to the north. Instead, they turned around and headed west, grazing their cattle and mopping up the small Mongolian tribes they encountered along the way.
Khalkha Mongolia is mainly divided into three tribes: Chechnya, Tushetu and Zhasaktu. However, in addition to these three large tribes, there are many small tribes belonging to the three major tribes.
The three major tribes were wiped out by Zhu Cijiong last winter.
But these small tribes have not yet found the time to exterminate them.
So we took advantage of this opportunity of the Western Expedition to destroy them all.
Facing the cannons and rifles of the Ming army, the Mongolian herdsmen decisively changed their ancestral skills of horseback slashing to singing and dancing, expressing their absolute loyalty to His Majesty the Ming Emperor.
Chongzhen had no intention of exterminating these small tribes.
Because the Horqin, Chahar, Tumut and Khalkha towns of the Ming Dynasty had just been established and were not yet fully fledged, they were temporarily unable to implement all-round effective rule over the vast Mongolian plateau, so they had to rely on local herdsmen.
However, as time goes by, when the three Ming army's towns gain a firm foothold on the Mongolian Plateau, everything will be different.
Eventually, the Mongolian tribes who speak Mongolian and write Mongolian script will disappear in the long river of history. The herdsmen living on the Mongolian plateau can only speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin, write Chinese characters, and claim to be Chinese.
From now on, there will be no more Mongolian language, no more Mongolian script, and no more Mongolian people.
A country can be diversified and have diversity, but diversity and diversity should never be reflected through language, writing, and ethnic divisions. This is extremely stupid.
From now on, the Ming Dynasty can only have one language, one writing, and one nation - the Huaxia tribe!
In August 1651, the 24th year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, the forwards of the Ming army bypassed Jinshan Mountain from the west, which is today's Altai Mountains, and suddenly appeared in the hinterland of the Junggar-controlled area.
Here, we need to briefly introduce the history of the Junggar tribe.
The Dzungars belong to one of the Oirat tribes. They originally lived in the west of Lake Baikal. During the Genghis Khan period, they were known as the people in the woods and made great contributions to the Yuan Dynasty.
The Mongols were driven back to the Mongolian Plateau by the Ming Dynasty and became the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and then split.
After three hundred years of fighting, three large tribal alliances were finally formed, namely the Chahar Mongolia occupying the Monan Grassland, the Khalkha Mongolia occupying the Mobei Grassland, and the Oirat Mongolia controlling the Western Regions.
Chahar Mongolia is divided into Horqin, Chahar and Tumut tribes based on their nomadic areas.
Now Chahar Mongolia and Khalkha Mongolia have been wiped out by the Ming army, and now only the Oirat Mongolia remain.
There are four main tribes in Oirat Mongolia, namely Junggar, Heshuote, Turgut and Durbot. The Junggar tribe now controls the Western Regions, the Heshuote tribe has migrated to Qinghai-Tibet, and the Durbot tribe is directly controlled by the Junggar tribe.
Jungmurt was annexed, and Torghut was driven to the Volga River by the Junggar tribe and became a subject of Tsarist Russia.
Baturhun was an ambitious lord. Soon after he became Hongtaiji, he drafted and promulgated the Oirat Code, and then began to conquer the north and south, doing his best to expand the territory of the Junggar tribe.
As of now, the Junggar tribe has completely controlled the Yinli River and Ortish River basins, with a population of more than 500,000 and a standing army of nearly 50,000. The surrounding Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and Nogai people have to fight against the Junggar people.
Become a minister and pay a high annual tribute every year.
Taking advantage of this, the Ming army quickly found a reliable leader.
This is a jeweler who travels between Kazakhstan and Monan. His name is Abai. His mother is the concubine of a small nobleman in Kazakhstan, and his father is a small nobleman in Torgut.
In Abai's own words, there is a blood feud between him and the Junggar people.
"Your Majesty, the great and wise Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, your servant Abaiyi can contact the Kazakhs, Kyrgyz people and Nogai people for you, and ask them to send their warriors to form a coalition with the Ming Dynasty soldiers to attack the Dzungars.
,Although the Junggar people are fierce and good at fighting, they are definitely no match for the coalition forces."
"Oh, there's no need to go to such trouble." Chongzhen declined Abaiyi's kindness.
To deal with the Junggars, there is no need to go through the trouble of forming a coalition army. One cavalry division of the Ming Army is enough to defeat the cavalry of the Junggar tribe. Two cavalry divisions are enough to completely annihilate the cavalry of the Junggar tribe.
But this time, the Ming army recruited eight cavalry divisions. The lion fought against the rabbit!
After a short pause, Chongzhen said again: "You just need to lead the way and help us find the tooth tent in Junggar."
"It's simple." Abaiyi said, "The tooth tent of the Junggar people is at Yilibali on the bank of the Yilie River and the Yinli River. No one in the Western Region knows about this."
"Okay, very good." Chongzhen nodded happily and said, "I will give you another task now."
Abaiyi immediately knelt down and said with a pious face: "Abaiyi obeys the instructions of His Majesty the Emperor."
Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "Go and tell Baturhui now that the army is about to invade."
"Ah?" Abai Yi was stunned and asked with a confused look on his face, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Chongzhen did not explain too much, but just smiled and said: "Abaiyi, as long as you can accomplish this, I will allow you to hold a share in the Central Asia Company in the future, and will also allow your tribe to move back to the Western Regions.
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Abaiyi did not have much obsession with letting the Turghut people move back to the Western Regions.
But he was very excited about taking a share in the Central Asia Company, because he had been to Jiangnan before, and was deeply impressed by the prosperity of the eight prefectures and states in Jiangnan, and he also knew something about the "company" of the Ming Dynasty.
The capital of those companies in the Ming Dynasty often amounted to millions or even tens of millions.
In the future, the Central Asia Company will definitely monopolize the trade between Ming Dynasty and Central Asia. How much less capital can there be? A conservative estimate would be five million or even ten million.
Abhay agreed decisively.
Watching Abaiyi leave, Chongzhen turned to Zhu Cijiong, Hu Guozhu and Li Yan and other generals and ordered: "Jiong'er, you lead two divisions to make a detour from Tulupan on the upper reaches of the Yilie River. Li Yan, you lead two divisions to follow
The Alimatu on the lower reaches of the Yilie River took a detour, and the remaining four divisions went south through Alashan Pass to attack Yilibali."
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In Yilibali, there is a Jiya tent in the Junggar tribe.
A little boy, about seven or eight years old, with a tiger-like head and a tough head, was practicing archery in the yard.
The person who taught the little boy was a young man about ten years old, and their faces were somewhat similar.
"Gaerdan, relax, relax your body, don't tense up." The young man held the little boy's arms and explained patiently, "Use your heart to feel it again, imagine that you are missing the arrow..."
While he was teaching, he suddenly heard a sound from Xiu breaking through the air.
When the two men looked intently, they saw an arrow already stuck in the arrow stack.
Moreover, this arrow also hit the red heart of the arrow stack, and the tail feathers were still trembling slightly.
Looking back, I saw a girl about sixteen years old holding a horn bow and standing a few steps away with a smile. When she saw the two people looking at her, she immediately raised her white chin proudly.
This girl has skin as white as snow, her eyebrows are as if they were painted on, her black hair is braided into many braids, and she is wearing a fiery red riding outfit. She is really charming and sassy.
Seeing the girl, the little boy immediately showed a smile on his face and called out happily to his sister.
"Aizimu, can you please stop making trouble?" The young man said helplessly, "They are all about to get married, and they still look like a child who has not grown up."
Upon hearing this, the girl's pretty face immediately fell.
"Aha, can you tell Abu and Eji that I don't want to get married, let alone go to Wusizang."
"I don't want Egeqi to marry in Wusizang, which is too far away from Yinli." The little boy Galdan said with his lips, "It's rare to go back once a year."
The girl Aizimu sadly held Galdan into her arms.
Let alone a year, I'm afraid we'll never see each other again.
The young man said helplessly: "It's useless for me to talk about such a big matter. Abu and Eji won't listen to me. But fortunately, you are marrying the grandson of the national teacher Khan."
While he was talking, a guard hurried over and reported: "Sengge Taiji, the Great Khan invites you to come over."
So far, the Junggar tribe has not established a true khanate, but Baturhun has already regarded himself as the Great Mongol Khan of Oirat in private.
"I know, I'll go right away."
Seng Ge handed the bow and arrows in his hand to Galdan and asked him to practice by himself.
Aizimu then warned: "Sengge Aha, don't forget to tell Abu and Eji about my marriage. I don't want to marry Wu Si Zang, let alone the grandson of the national teacher Khan."
"I know, I will tell you, but I can't guarantee whether it will work."
Sengge did not reject his sister's request. In fact, he opposed the marriage between the Junggar tribe and the Heshuote tribe, because they had only one sister in the family and he was reluctant to let her marry far away.
Seng Ge hurriedly came to the Khan Court where the meeting was taking place, only to find that dozens of Junggar leaders had already arrived.
The Junggar tribe is still a tribal alliance, which is composed of small tribes united into a large tribe, which is equivalent to the king and the small lords. The small lords have independent financial power, administrative power and military power. When they need to go to war, they must summon
The strong men of the clan brought their own dry food and went to fight for the great lord.
Dozens of leaders were summoned, and it was obvious that a big event had occurred.
Seeing Sengge, dozens of people kneeling on the carpet stood up one after another and saluted him with their right hands on their chests.
Baturhun has often been ill in recent years and has rarely dealt with government affairs. Most of the time, tribal affairs are left to Sengge. Although Sengge has several brothers above him, the leaders of the Junggar tribe can see that.
It turns out that the person who will succeed Khan in the future will definitely be Sengge Taiji, and they are also happy to see such a result.
Because Sengge is more heroic than his brothers.
Baturhun also nodded gently to Sengge and said, "Sit down."
