In fact, among the Mongolian tribes, the gap between the rich and the poor is exaggerated. A few nobles, such as the tribal leader, occupy almost all the wealth in the entire tribe, and the absolute amount of this wealth is quite astonishing.
For example: What Pegasus Town seized from this medium-sized tribe this time was obtained from the tents of the tribal leader and several nobles. However, these gold, silver and silk were actually worth more than 600,000 taels. As you can imagine
Take a look, all the Mongol princes from the big tribes can be said to be extremely wealthy.
However, those ordinary Mongolian herdsmen, except for a few cattle and sheep, have no means of production and living. Even the iron tools, salt and other materials they need are exploited by the nobles of the tribe at high prices.
Moreover, once there is a war, these herdsmen will be recruited into the army. Therefore, some people say that the life of military households in the Ming Dynasty was miserable, but for Mongolian herdsmen, those military households were living in paradise.
However, when living on the grassland, a few people alone have no ability to resist risks. Therefore, those Mongolian herdsmen can only accept exploitation in order to seek the protection of the tribe, and at least they can survive.
Therefore, the survival rule of the nomads has become the law of the jungle, chasing the strong and chasing the weak. As long as you are strong, those Mongolian herdsmen will attach themselves to you, and they will not care whether you are a Horqin tribe or a Tumote tribe, nor will they care about you.
Are they Mongolian or Han Chinese?
So today, when Pegasus Town occupied the entire tribe, the Mongolian herdsmen first buried the bodies of their relatives with tears, and then accepted the rule of Pegasus Town, a strong man.
But just now, these Mongolian herdsmen actually heard such "favorable" conditions for participating in the war. Why didn't this make them happy? You know, in the war between Mongolian tribes, unless there is great merit, usually in the victory
From now on, it will be a feast of wine and meat, with at most half a pound of salt. In comparison, the conditions in Pegasus Town are simply irresistible.
Some Mongolian herdsmen also thought: If you had offered such conditions earlier, we would have surrendered to you long ago. Would there be any need to expend energy to fight?
But the Mongolian herdsmen didn't know that the "generous" conditions in their eyes were very harsh in the eyes of Zug. So when he saw the Mongolian herdsmen cheering, Zug asked strangely: "Old
Bao! Did you say something wrong?"
"No! No!" Baohurcha immediately said with a flattering smile, "They are all praising you for your kindness, sir."
In fact, when he was translating just now, Baohurcha was also a little dissatisfied. He secretly thought in his heart: He raised such high conditions, that is, asking them to fight, those Han people are really rich! If it were me who negotiated, what conditions
It will definitely drop a lot, but these lowly embryos who only know how to herd cattle will still be happy from ear to ear.
But Bao Huercha then thought: Since those lowly people have such good conditions, then as long as I am loyal to those Han people, the conditions they will give me will be more generous. In the future, those Han people will eventually return to the Central Plains.
, I am just a puppet of the Han people, and I am also the king of the tribe. Aren’t those gentlemen in Horqin still puppets of the Qing Dynasty?
Thinking of this, Baohurcha's heart suddenly became hot. He smiled even more cheerfully at Zug. And that shameless smile, coupled with Baohurcha's face with a bruised nose and swollen eyes, made Zug look...
It's a little creepy.
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Although Baohurcha's idea was a good one, Pegasus Town did not completely follow his words.
Zug ordered: Leave a cavalry regiment of 2,000 riders at Qingbi Lake to guard the prisoners and capture them, supervise the prisoners to build earth walls, and first build a simple earth city along the lake.
Then, Zug took the remaining 18,000 horsemen, plus more than 600 recruited Mongolian herders, and headed north, first attacking Horqin's royal tent.
Now that it has been decided to stay outside the pass, Pegasus Town must first deal with the Horqin tribe's army. Because as long as the Horqin tribe's army moves south, it will pose a threat to the Tucheng of Qingbi Lake. It is better to take advantage of Pegasus Town's momentum.
, defeated Horqin’s army in one go.
So when the exploratory cavalry of the two armies met on February 29th, both sides deployed their troops in unison, and they fought on the first day of March.
"How could this happen? Didn't you say that there are only a few thousand Han people? There are already tens of thousands of them. No! No! Let's retreat quickly. Return to our father's place, and then fight the Han army decisively!" Horqin Beletuli was deeply squirming under the commander's banner.
He was restless and kept saying something about retreating.
Seeing Tu Lishen being so arrogant, Sang Muli, the deputy general accompanying the army, quickly comforted him in a low voice: "Sir! Please lower your voice so that the soldiers can hear it. Although there are many Han people, do they know how to fight immediately? They can't compare to us prairie heroes.
The eagles are all fake, and most of them are waving flags and shouting. Later, I will personally lead the royal guards to go up and crush the Han army in one fell swoop. This battle will be won. So, sir, don't worry!"
"Oh! Is that so? Then please leave it to General Sang." Tuli said in shock.
Seeing Tu Lishen looking like a baby who grew up in a greenhouse, Sang Muli sighed in his heart. Both armies have already deployed, so there is no way to retreat. As long as one side retreats, it will immediately turn into a rout. So now
The Horqin army could only bite the bullet and fight decisively. So Sang Muli had no choice but to command the royal tent guards to move forward.
This time Tulishen acted as the vanguard, and Prince Horqin also transferred two thousand of his royal tent guards. He also asked the commander of the royal tent guards, Sang Muli, to serve as Tulishen's deputy general.
As for the Horqin tribe's royal tent guards, they all select warriors from the tribe, and they are all full-time soldiers. These guards are equipped with the most sophisticated armor, and most of them have been trained by the Qing army. Some soldiers
They were even left over from the selection of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, so they were definitely the core of Horqin's army.
Therefore, as soon as they came out of the formation, the two thousand king's tent guards were also in good order. They lined up and prepared to hedge against Pegasus Town.
When Pegasus Town saw the Royal Guards coming out, they also ordered a group of people to walk out. As soon as this group of people appeared, Horqin's army suddenly let out an exclamation of "Boom——!"
Voice.
Hearing the exclamation, Sang Muli, who was commanding the troops to line up, looked up. Unexpectedly, Sang Muli felt dizzy at the first glance. The troops in front of him were wearing iron armor, horses and vests, and were equipped with
The level of sophistication even exceeded that of the Qing Dynasty's army. Where did this army come from?
