At this time, in the cowhide gold tent, hundreds of people were sitting on the ground in a circle, having a meeting.
There were thirty-six families of the Three Guards of Duoyan, headed by Subudi, as well as the Haraqin tribes and Taijis. The Tumut Taijis also sent representatives.
The so-called Karaqin Mongolia in the late Ming Dynasty was not a whole, but a very loose tribal alliance entrenched in southern Mongolia.
The so-called "Kalaqin" is divided into two parts. One part is the "real" Karaqin, whose leader is a descendant of the Jin family and a descendant of Lao Batu, the grandson of Dayan Khan.
The nominal ruler at that time (also the nominal ruler of all Karaqin) was the so-called "Khan Ahai" Rassibu, also known as "Khan Ahai".
Another important leader, who the Karaqin people called "Hongtaiji", was Buyan Ahai (called "Baiyan Huangtaiji" by the Ming Dynasty).
The main activity area of these tribes in Haraqin is just north of the Great Wall of Xuanfu and Datong. To the west of Haraqin is today's Hohhot, Baotou, and the Tumut tribe in Bayannur area. To the southwest is northern Shaanxi and Ordos in the Hetao area.
Department. To the east is the Duoyan Department in northern Hebei.
Sitting at the main seat was a skinny old man in his fifties with a yellow and sparse beard. He was Haraqin's nominal khan, "Khan Ahai", Rassibu (Khan Ahai).
"Everyone, I don't want to say any more. That insidious Khan caused great harm to us all last year, and this year he forcibly extorted all the Han slaves. If there wasn't really not enough food, I wouldn't be able to give it to him.
, it’s not that I’m afraid of him.”
Rassibu said with some guilt, "The Buddha and the lamas all persuaded me to let go of the Han slaves. More than 10,000 Mongolians have starved to death. There is really no food to feed them. Rather than let them starve to death,
It's better to send it to Sinister Khan. This can be considered a great merit on my part."
As soon as Rasheebu (Khan Ahai) finished speaking, there was a burst of praise from below.
Especially the Taijis of the thirty-six families of Duoyan. The leaders of these tribes have been intermarrying with the Jin family for a long time, so they are also called "Tabu Nang" (which means son-in-law in Mongolian).
Their activity area is in the area outside Xifengkou, Ji Town, and the "Thirty-six Families" mentioned by the Ming Dynasty mainly refer to these tribes.
Babu Qingta Bunang said: "Dear Khan Ahai, your kindness will be rewarded. Now another group of Han people, led by the spy who mixed with the Mongols, have reclaimed our grassland and grown food. If
Once we capture the city of Duolun, we will have enough food to survive this winter and more than 50,000 slaves. We can just make up for last year's losses."
Su Budi also flattered: "In the battle of Zhaocheng last year, you defeated Sinister Khan, recaptured Zhao City for a time, and killed Nayan, one of Sinister Khan's subordinates. You are really the Batulu on the grassland."
Zhaocheng is the city of Hohhot. Because there is a Dazhao Temple built in the city, it is also called Zhaocheng or Zhaocheng.
In fact, this is completely bragging.
Under the leadership of Haraqin's two leading brothers, Khan Ahai and Buyan Ahai. When the Haraqin tribe in the west was preparing for a war with Lin Dan Khan, some of the thirty-six families of the Duoyan Guards in the east sent troops to assist, while others sat back and watched.
reason.
Especially Xibu, because he had deep conflicts with Karaqin Khan, Khan Ahai and others, so he did not send troops to help the latter fight at first.
Until July of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Haraqin tribes and the "Shunyi King" Boshu Ketu Khan of the Tumote tribe (known as Bu Shitu in the Ming Dynasty) joined forces in Weining Haizi to prepare for the battle against Chahar. Thirty people in the east
Only six families started to take action.
However, when the Chahar army actually arrived in October, the Karaqin people were very ambitious. As a result, their ideals were full and their reality was skinny. They suffered a tragic defeat.
"Many tribes are scattered, or they may go to the border to avoid them."
Lin Dan Khan's army worked hard to pursue the victory, and even marched straight into Tumed Guihua City (now Hohhot).
However, Lin Dan Khan soon went eastward to attack the remaining Tumote troops, so the right-wing tribes took the opportunity to join forces and temporarily regained Hohhot.
Khan Ahai took the opportunity to kill Nayan, one of the men who stayed behind in Zhaocheng. This became his bragging rights, and he would talk about it at every banquet. Many Tabu Nang also used this to compliment him.
Tumote's Zabulitai Ji simply sneered at this.
In his opinion, Khan Ahai was a shameless person. If everyone hadn't softened to the insidious Khan later, Zhao Cheng might not have been able to take him back.
"Everyone, we are gathered here for two purposes. One is to defeat the spy who is causing trouble on the grassland. The other is for food. I would like to ask if you have any accurate information about the so-called Duolun City.
How much food is there? Is it worth it for us to mobilize so many troops?"
Khan Ahai heard this and smiled proudly. Because he had an undercover agent in Duolun City, he knew the situation in Duolun City well.
After all, An Sanxi had let go of recruiting surrenders and rebels, and a large number of Mongolians came to defect. There were hundreds or even hundreds of people every day. It was normal for some spies to sneak in.
Khan Ahai assigned one of his herdsmen to take more than a hundred elite men to Duolun, pretending to be defecting herdsmen, and he has already infiltrated the captain of a herdsman team.
"Dear Taiji, envoys of Jinong, Tabu Nang, please keep your hearts in your stomach. I have inquired about the situation there clearly. There are 6,000 households of Han farmers in Duolun, and they have cultivated a total of 600,000 acres of land."
Hearing this number, the following people exclaimed. This is quite a lot. The grassland is a semi-wetland with crisscrossed rivers. The land is also fertile. The former Baiyin tribe raised hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep there.
Calculated based on the yield of one quintal per acre of land, there are 600,000 quintals of grain, which is enough for everyone to share.
Khan Ahai deliberately listened for a moment and then continued: "Those Han people found a kind of dwarf sorghum seeds from somewhere. The yield was terrifying. The yield per mu reached 800 kilograms. They planted a total of 100,000 sorghum seeds.
acres of sorghum.”
All of a sudden, everything was fried.
"What, the yield per mu is eight hundred catties, is this true?"
"Oh my god, one hundred thousand acres, eighty million catties of sorghum, my tribe can't finish it in ten years."
"Impossible. I have never heard of such a high yield per mu. Isn't this 660,000 dans of grain? This is too scary."
Not to mention other grains, these 600,000 dans of sorghum alone are enough to feed the entire Tumut tribe for three years. After all, the grain is used for winter consumption and is enough for three years.
Khan Ahai looked at the mess below and did not explain. He smiled slightly and took out a huge sorghum flower seed from his arms. He placed it on the small wooden altar table in front of him that contained meat.
Brush, everyone's eyes are fixed on the sorghum flower.
It is so huge, with full grains. Each grain is twice as big as the sorghum of this era. The number is even greater, and it is densely packed with sorghum grains.
Because sorghum is a good horse feed, the Mongolians are familiar with this crop, so they all know the goods. Suddenly there was a commotion.
It seems that if Duolun City is captured this time, every participating tribe will receive benefits beyond imagination. And they have been starving in the past two years.
The damn Emperor Ming not only refused to provide disaster relief, but also stopped the mutual trade. This was driving people to death.
Food has driven them crazy.
We want food. Wherever there is food, we will go and grab it.
Looking at the pair of wolf-like faces, Khan Ahai smiled proudly. He had always wanted to unify the three Duoyan guards with Haraqin as the core.
Lin Danhan is not the only one who has ambitions.
Now he has taken this opportunity to unite hundreds of tribes. If he can win this battle, he will become a being who can compete with Lin Dan Khan.
When Duoyan is integrated, although his strength is not as good as that of Chahar, he and Tumote are still capable of fighting against Lin Dan Khan.
Last year's failure was because they were in disarray.
