Since ancient times, including Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, if the Central Plains army wanted to sweep across the grasslands, the most important thing was a map and a guide.
The ancient maps, despite their roughness, cannot solve water pollution, how to identify directions, where to avoid sandstorms, etc., but guides can.
The reason why the Han Dynasty swept across the grassland and left Monan without a royal court was because it dared to use the Huns and had excellent traitors to defeat them one by one.
This time Liu Tingjie went north and was extremely well prepared.
First, compare the caravan guide with the military map to avoid getting lost as much as possible.
Secondly, with one person and three horses, the army is small and can feed on the enemy, so it is extremely efficient.
Like Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, with such a large scale, it is difficult to defeat the enemy. Once the enemy cannot be traced, they can only retreat.
As for why the Mongols did not fight decisively and head-on like the Huns, it was actually the many Northern Expeditions during the Hongwu years that crushed the pride of the Mongols to pieces, leaving only the instinct of survival.
Before leaving, the staff asked: "I wonder what will happen after the Lord sweeps across Monan?"
"Just let him surrender and cut off contact with the slaves."
Liu Tingjie said solemnly: "As long as they are killed, their illnesses will be cured with natural medicine, and then they can be recruited into the army to fight the Loop."
"The Idumut tribe could not have done a better job against the Oara people (Erut Mongolia)."
The Erut Mongols were originally nomadic in the Xinjiang region. They were forced by the Junggar tribe and came to the western region of Inner Mongolia and the Hetao area in the early Qing Dynasty.
Because it is located in the west of Hetao, it is also called "Taoxi Second Banner" or "Xitao Second Banner".
Although it belongs to the Monan region, it is ruled by Zhasak Mongolia, that is, the feudal rule of hereditary kings and nobility, rather than the appointment of a governor.
"My father-in-law has made great plans, but there are still some flaws."
After all, the staff had read books and had a lot of knowledge. He said solemnly: "In my opinion, the Qing Dynasty's system of governors, officers, and leaders, etc., although it has many disadvantages, it is effective in spreading the strength of the Mongols.
It works wonders, so we might as well maintain the status quo.”
"However, the Dutong and the Council are under the Eight Banners System of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. We don't have the Eight Banners System."
Liu Tingjie said with a headache.
All political systems have their foundations and cannot be made up!
"We don't have the Eight Banners, but we do have a guard station!"
The staff laughed and said: "The so-called Dutong, Shenling, Assistant Leader, etc., aren't they just commanders, thousands of households, hundreds of households?"
"Change the name and keep it as it is. He is the Tumut Left Banner and the Right Banner, and we are the Tumut Left and Right Guards."
"Promote some obedient ones, kill some domineering ones, and establish your authority. Then won't it mean that Guihua City will no longer be able to escape?"
"Wonderful!"
Liu Tingjie shouted, happily presented the plan to the emperor, and then led the army toward Guihua City with great momentum.
With a guide, no shortage of water, a compass, and no change in direction, the army followed the route and swept through the tribes along the way.
If they refuse to be killed, they will seize the young and strong, slaughter cattle and sheep, go all the way, kill all the way, and eat all the way, like locusts, getting bigger and bigger.
As for the Mongolian nobles, no matter men, women, old or young, all were captured and no one was allowed to let go.
As for the captured loot, Liu Tingjie also knew that the Tatars were greedy for profit, so he divided half of it without hesitation.
As a result, the first batch of young people who were kidnapped found that not only did they not lose anything along the way, but they also earned a lot of family property.
And the new batch of young men who lost their family property and became nothing but spoils of war can only think about robbing the next batch and making money back.
As a result, a vicious cycle is formed, with more and more young people being coerced, more spoils, and more desire for war.
Unconsciously, many Mongolians forgot that they were prisoners, and naturally joined the army to fight, seize the spoils, and then divide them.
In the end, some young men even took the initiative to join, so there was no need for prisoners at all.
The commanders of the Tumut Left Banner and the Right Banner could only shrink their troops in Guihua City and wait for the war to come.
It's not that they don't want to run away, it's actually that the Monan area at this time is the most fertile part of the grassland, and they are reluctant to leave.
Moreover, after unifying Monan Mongolia, the Manchu Qing Dynasty designated areas for various tribes. To the north was the Khalkha Mongolia (which could not be defeated and was deserted), to the east was the Chahar Banner (the enemy), and to the west was the Ordos Tribe of Hetao (which could not be defeated either).
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The huge grassland and the fragile Tumut tribe had no way to go.
Besides, if you run away without fighting, how can you explain it to the Manchus?
So, no matter what, we have to fight.
Unfortunately, in the southwest of Guihua City, more than a hundred miles away, Buzar, who owned two thousand tents, happened to be encountered.
Looking at the vast army in front of him, Buzar panicked: "I'm more than a hundred miles away from Guihua City, why can't it be my turn -"
"Buzar, stop resisting and surrender!"
At this time, a man on the opposite side shouted on horseback.
When Buzar saw this, he raised his eyebrows angrily: "Wu Qitu, you brought these Ming troops here? It must be so."
"Your tribe occupies such a fertile territory, who else will rob it if not you?"
The man sneered.
With thousands of troops in front of him, Buzar had no choice but to surrender and sacrifice all his cattle, sheep, horses, and even gold, silver jewelry, salt, etc.
Only the wife could barely survive, leaving a trace of face.
And sharing the huge spoils among everyone will only temporarily quench their thirst.
So all eyes were directed at Guihua City and the nearby Tumed Left Banner and Right Banner headquarters.
They occupy Guihua City and own the most fertile land, and a large number of Han people farm the land for them, and craftsmen build houses for them. It can be said that Guihua City is the pearl of Monan, and everyone wants it.
Liu Tingjie wants it too.
However, the situation in front of us looks great, but in fact it is just a combination of interests. Once the war goes slightly wrong, the collapse will only happen in an instant.
"The only people we can really rely on are the three thousand people under our command."
Gritting their teeth, the army marched toward Guihua City in a mighty manner, with no obstructions along the way.
At this time, Tumut's left and right banners were commanded by Guluge and Hanggao. They urgently gathered all the young and strong troops, backed up Guihua City, and prepared to resist.
At that time, the great-great-grandson of Anda Khan, Boshuoketu Khan, was conquered by Lindan Khan. In the sixth year of Tiancong (1632), Huang Taiji led his troops to conquer Chahar in the west and stationed troops in Guihua City. The son of Boshuoketu Khan
, Omubu led the crowd to surrender.
Later, Omubu was captured on charges of treason to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty ordered Guluge, Hanggao and Tobok to respectively guard the naturalized city of Tumut.
There are 25 assistant commanders (Niu Lu) under the command of the left wing and 22 assistant commanders under the right wing. The total number of troops is no more than 6,000.
Guruge looked ugly and said: "The Ming army has reached ten thousand people, so this battle will be difficult to fight."