In the Turan Plain of the Kazakh Khanate, a large number of Kazakh herdsmen drove their cattle, sheep and horses to the northwest. While migrating, they had to look behind them from time to time to see if there were any Ming cavalry chasing them.
Although it is still midsummer, even though the sky is blue, the clouds are white, and the grass is green, for the Kazakhs, the sky has fallen.
All the Kazakh warriors led by Mulundek Khan were killed by the Ming Dynasty. The tribal leaders and nobles never came back, and they were suddenly leaderless.
What is even more frightening is that the Ming people have no intention of stopping here. From the coastline of the Caspian Sea to the border of the Hezhong area, and then to the border grasslands of the Western Regions, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops are like hungry tigers, moving at lightning speed.
The trend began to sweep across the entire Kazakh Khanate.
Wherever they passed, the sky and the earth were pale, blood stained every river in the Hax Khanate, and corpses were scattered in every corner of the grassland. They killed men when they saw them, and put women and children directly into a car when they saw them.
Inside a four-wheeled carriage, they were then sold as slaves to slave traders.
The Kazakh Khanate, which had lost a hundred thousand men and was leaderless, and the various tribes were fighting to divide themselves, was no match for the Ming cavalry.
Wherever the Ming Dynasty cavalry went, the originally busy grassland suddenly turned into a desolate and uninhabited land, and countless cattle, sheep and horses gathered into mighty white torrents.
This white torrent eventually flowed to the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty. The river, like the blood of the Kazakh Khanate, was eventually injected into the body of the Ming Dynasty and became the wealth of the Ming Dynasty people.
The border area with the Hax Khanate suddenly became popular, and countless businessmen swarmed in like sharks smelling of blood.
The prices for cattle, sheep and horses were ridiculously low, and the prices for women and children from the Kazakh Khanate were even dirtier. People often bought women and gave them children as gifts.
A woman who was usually worth dozens of taels of silver can now be bought for more than a dozen taels of silver, and some even only need a few taels of silver. As for children, they are a burden and can be considered gifts.
The bustling livestock trading market and slave market were like a carnival and a feast, with countless cattle, horses and people being plundered.
The sky has fallen.
For the Kazakhs, there is no place for them to cry.
From the Turan Plain on the edge of the Caspian Sea to Zhongyuzi, the tribes with little information were still ignorantly waiting for the children of their own tribe to come back, but what they waited for was ruthless slaughter and plunder by the Ming cavalry.
As for the well-informed tribes, at this moment, their faces were already pale with fear from the news.
Some powerful tribes hurriedly sent people to the Ming Dynasty, sending generous gifts and beautiful women, hoping to join the Ming Dynasty. However, now, the Ming Dynasty had no interest in them, and the envoys were beheaded as soon as they arrived.
It can be said that this is a situation that will never end.
The news disappeared on the grassland like the wind. The areas closer to the Ming Dynasty were the first to be attacked by the Ming Dynasty's cavalry. It was like a huge net that continuously swept towards the hinterland and depths of the Kazakh Khanate, and the speed was very fast.
It's so terrifying that it has to sweep hundreds of miles every day, and it only takes a few days to sweep away the entire Kazakh Khanate.
On the beautiful and fertile Tulan Plain, tribes migrating to the west and north can be seen everywhere. They drive cattle, sheep and horses, pull yurts, and keep migrating with tears.
"Quick, quick~"
"We don't want the cattle and sheep. We don't want the cattle and sheep. With these cattle and sheep, our speed is too slow. Before sunset tomorrow at the latest, the Ming people's cavalry will come over."
"If we continue walking slowly like this, no one will be able to leave by then."
Nahati, the old patriarch of the Argen tribe, with gray hair, was riding on his BMW and looking at the slowly advancing tribal team in front of him, he was also sweating profusely.
It was obvious that the people of Ming Dynasty were chasing and killing them, but they were still dragging their feet on the migration road.
If a lamb is missing, it takes a long time to find it; if a cow is gone, it has to be found again; if a pony is lost, it has to be pulled back by the mare.
Do you think this is normal grazing?
"But, chief, without these cattle and sheep, how can we survive?"
Next to Nahati, a few young men who stayed in the tribe followed closely. After hearing Nahati's words, some people also said reluctantly.
For people on the grassland, cattle, sheep and horses are all their wealth, their food rations, and the basis for survival. Without cattle and sheep, there is no way to survive on the grassland.
Although Nahati repeatedly emphasized that he did not want these cattle and sheep, no herdsmen were willing to abandon their cattle and sheep.
"Without the cattle and sheep, we can still raise more cattle and sheep, or we can steal them from other tribes, but if we lose our lives, we will have nothing."
"The Ming people want to completely destroy our Kazakh Khanate. They will not be merciful to us. I heard that there are big tribes who want to join the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming people are not willing to accept it."
"Tell the people that I don't want any more cattle or sheep. I don't want them all anymore."
"Seize the time and move to the west. Let's move to the place where the Golden Horde was. Move west to the Kipchak grassland. Will the Ming Dynasty kill them in a while?"
Nahati ordered again helplessly.
Compared with cattle and sheep, life is more important, and the continuation of the tribe is more important.
Under Nahati's repeated requests, the Argen tribe could only continue to abandon their cattle and sheep, or load their cattle and sheep onto four-wheeled carriages, and began to speed up their migration to the west and north.
While migrating, I would look back from time to time to look at the cattle and sheep I had abandoned. Without anyone to drive them away, these cattle and sheep were grazing on the grassland very leisurely, without any worries.
Look at this fertile grassland again. This is the grassland that their ancestors fought down with their blood. However, now they are leaving, and they don’t know when they will be able to come back.
There is infinite nostalgia in the eyes, for this fertile land and the homeland where we have lived for generations. Sometimes we even feel that it is not as good as cattle and sheep, but at least cattle and sheep can stay here.
The mighty teams are constantly migrating westward. The Argen tribe is considered a large tribe here in the Turan Plain. Even now, there are still tens of thousands of people, including tens of thousands of young people.
A large number of small tribes began to join the Argen tribe continuously, because everyone knew that if they moved to the place where the Golden Horde was originally located, there would inevitably be conflicts and contradictions with the local tribes.
Without several bloody wars, they could never hope to gain a foothold in the new place. Naturally, they had to unite even more after suffering heavy losses.
Otherwise, the fate waiting for them will be even more tragic.
I left my homeland and lost most of my cattle, sheep and wealth. It was still midsummer and life was easier. Once winter came, no cattle and sheep meant that there was no food for the winter. At that time, it would be the most difficult time.
when.
If you move to a foreign country, the local tribes will definitely not agree, and war between the two sides is almost certain.
If they want to gain a foothold, they have to go through bloody battles again and again before they can stand.
Some people wanted to stay, but they immediately encountered countless objections.
Compared to the devil-like Ming Dynasty cavalry, they are still more willing to go to the Volga River to face the Tatars and Mongols. They are also more willing to go to the Kipchak grassland and plunder the Slavs in Eastern Europe.
No one was willing to go to war with the Ming people. The powerful Mulundek Khan led one hundred thousand elite cavalry and were all killed in the hands of the Ming people. People from every tribe, every herdsman family, and almost every household died fighting against the Ming people.
During the war.
They were full of infinite hatred for the Ming people, but they had no choice but to be driven away by the Ming people. They could only keep migrating westward, getting as far away from the Ming people as possible.
On the grasslands of the Kazakh Khanate, a large number of tribes were constantly migrating westward. Behind them, the Ming Dynasty cavalry kept chasing them, as if chasing cattle and sheep, so tribes of all sizes had to constantly abandon their cattle and sheep in order to
Reduce your burden and speed up your progress.
A few days later, Argen first arrived at the border area of the Kazakh Khanate, and beyond that was the territory belonging to the Kazan Khanate.
The Kazan Khanate is one of the major khanates that split from the original Golden Horde. Its capital is in Kazan, hence the name Kazan Khanate. Its founder is also a descendant of the Golden Horde. However, it has always been coveted by the Principality of Moscow, and
Wars also broke out between the Muscovites from time to time.
Its strength is average, and there is no comparison with the Crimean Khanate, which was unable to raise its head after being defeated by the Principality of Moscow. Even the current Khan of the Kazan Khanate, Mohammed~Amin, was originally a puppet supported by the Principality of Moscow.
It was only in recent years that it got rid of the control of the Muscovite Principality.
In the past, the Kazakh Khanate would not have taken the Kazan Khanate seriously at all, and the strength comparison between the two was very different.
However, now that the Kazakh Khanate was severely damaged by the Ming Empire, the first thing these migrating tribes had to face was the Kazan Khanate.
"Eagles on the grassland~"
"Pick up the scimitars in your hands, mount your horses, and follow me to fight a bloody path!"
The gray-haired Nahati was wearing armor and holding a scimitar, riding on his own horse. Next to him was his youngest grandson, who was only twelve years old now and was not as tall as the horse he was riding.
But now I have to put on armor, bring a bow and arrow, pick up a scimitar, and fight bravely like a man.
Because there are not enough young men in the tribe, all the elites were buried in the hands of the Ming Dynasty along with Mulundekh Khan. Even the elderly and children must now take up arms to fight and shoulder the responsibilities of men!