Since Ming Dynasty Chengzu made several northern expeditions to Mongolia, for more than 200 years, in the wars between the Central Plains and the Mongolian tribes outside the Pass, there was no active attack from the Central Plains, only passive defense one after another.
Sorry! The ridiculous Tumubao Incident and the indistinguishable battle between the Zhengde Emperor and the little prince are not included here. As for the border residents of Yansui Town, they spontaneously go out to hunt Mongolia every winter.
Killing people's heads is a folk behavior.
Especially after the rise of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty was overwhelmed with dealing with the Qing troops entering the customs again and again. How could there be any extra energy to go out and fight?
In addition, after the Manchu Qing conquered the tribes in Eastern Mongolia, they eliminated or expelled those who refused to surrender, and divided grassland pastures for each tribe, which was a powerful deterrent to maintain the order of the tribes in the grassland. So in fact, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had formed
orderly rule over the various tribes in Eastern Mongolia.
Therefore, under such circumstances, the tribes in Eastern Mongolia have not been invaded by foreign enemies for more than ten years, and they also believe that as long as the Manchus continue to rule like this, such peaceful days will continue.
Therefore, under such circumstances, the Mongolian tribes grazed farther and farther south. They gradually entered the buffer zone at the border with the Ming Dynasty, and even advanced to the foot of the Great Wall.
Of course, the grasslands that go south will freeze earlier, and the water and grass will become richer. It's just that it's too close to the Han people, so it's more dangerous. But...do the Han people dare to go out to fight?
Therefore, as soon as Pegasus Town came out of the border, it swept away several small tribes with less than a thousand people. Since they needed to be separated when grazing, they could not gather together in a short time. Therefore, Pegasus Town’s military operations did not encounter any problems at all.
There was no resistance. Then, the three associations in Pegasus Town divided their forces into three groups and began their own raids.
During the grazing season on the grassland, it is simply too easy to find the Mongolian tribes. As long as you search along the river, those tribes with more cattle and sheep will never be able to escape.
"Actually, this group of Tatars is lucky, that is, the prisoners are in trouble. How are they like the tribes we met earlier, who killed all the chickens and dogs but left no one behind?" Ren Pojun looked at the trembling Mongolians.
The prisoner curled his lips and said disdainfully.
Ren Pojun's experience as a slave in the Mongolian tribe brought him only miserable memories. Therefore, Ren Pojun was indifferent to the miserable situation of these prisoners now, and even felt a faint sense of joy in his heart.
In order to maintain the speed of the march, Pegasus Town had always killed all the Mongolian tribes when they encountered them before. Not only did they kill people, they also killed the cattle and sheep that could not be taken away. They also threw in the corpses of those people and livestock.
rivers, polluting the river water and preventing these rivers from being used for grazing.
"Master Jun! Master Jun!" Seeing Ren Pojun's eyes flashing fiercely as he swiped at the Mongolian prisoners viciously, a little girl among the prisoners couldn't help it immediately, and she rushed out.
The crowd. But when she saw Ren Pojun looking at her, the little girl took a step back in fright, then fell to her knees, kowtowing repeatedly: "The slaves are not Tatars, they are Han people! They are Han people!"
Ren Pojun heard that the little girl spoke with a Beijing accent, and asked: "Were they also captured from the capital last year?"
"Yes, Master! I...I..." The little girl just kowtowed and couldn't even say a single word.
"Hey——!" Commander Wang sighed, "Get up quickly, go clean up yourself, and then follow us home!"
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Seeing the Mongolian prisoners numbly lighting their tents on fire one by one, Ren Pojun sighed: "That's what a man should do! I've done the right thing by following you out of the confinement this time."
After listening to Ren Pojun's words, Commander Wang smiled and said: "What are you and us? We are all Daping Army, and we are all Paoze brothers. We Han people...oh no! Chinese people should never kill each other again. Hey
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At that time, Wu Shigong entered the capital and ascended the throne, and there was no resistance from the warrior battalion led by Ren Pojun. Therefore, except for some who were unwilling to join the army, the rest of the soldiers were also incorporated into the Daping Army.
However, it is impossible for these people to stay in Beijing. Instead, because they are skilled in horseback riding, most of them have been incorporated into the cavalry of the Daping Army. Therefore, among the new cavalry in Pegasus Town, the proportion of former warrior battalion soldiers is relatively high.
"Pfft!" Ren Pojun suddenly thought of something. He suddenly became happy, "It's so good! It's so good to kill the Tatars! Didn't you see that Lao Yang knew that I was going on this expedition, and he wanted to keep his drool?
The appearance of.”
"Oh? What did Mr. Yang say? Do you have other tasks?" Commander Wang asked curiously after hearing Ren Pojun talking about Yang Chengzu.
"What he is going to do is earth-shattering." Ren Pojun winked at Commander Wang in a narrow-minded manner, "The emperor told him personally: wealth is nothing if it is not passed down. Let him hurry up and have a son. If he doesn't have a son,
Don’t let him fight!”
"Hahaha——!" After hearing such an unexpected answer, everyone was stunned, and then they all burst into laughter.
When Wu Shigong summoned Yang Chengzu, Li Dingguo and other surrendered generals at that time, he indeed asked those who had no children to solve the problem of offspring first. But Yang Chengzu fled in a hurry, and his family had nothing left, so he could only stay in the capital and work hard every day
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After chatting for a while, Commander Wang began to give orders loudly: "Move quickly! Gather all the captured people and select all the Han prisoners. I will give you another quarter of an hour to eat, and don't forget to feed the horses. After that,
I will leave a company behind to take care of and escort them, and the main force will follow me to Qingbi Lake."
"promise!"
The first target of Pegasus Town's expedition this time was a large Mongolian tribe with a population of nearly 10,000 people entrenched in Qingbi Lake. Before dividing the troops, they had agreed to launch an attack on Qingbi Lake at the same time today.
Because this place is already very close to Qingbi Lake, there is no need to kill all the prisoners and livestock this time. Pegasus Town is also beginning to enter the "harvest season".
Baohuercha is the judge of affairs in the tribe. As the second-largest person in the tribe, he has been very troubled these days.
Baohurcha's tribe is also affiliated with the Horqin tribe. The leader of the tribe is the nephew of the current Prince Horqin. Of course, because the leader is not a direct descendant of Prince Horqin, the grassland allocated to the entire tribe is relatively south, close to the Han people.
the place where it is located.
On the grassland owned by Baohurcha's tribe, Qingbi Lake is the best place for grazing. Therefore, all the herders directly under this tribe came to graze around Qingbi Lake, and some small tribes attached to them
, scattered around them along the upstream and downstream of the river flowing through Qingbi Lake.