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Chapter 1180
On the grassland controlled by Daming today, there are more than one settlement like Guihua City.On the eastern side of Mongolia, on the Horqin Grassland, nomadic settlements have also been established, which are under the jurisdiction of Lu Xiangsheng in Eastern Liaodong.

Here, the model is the same as that of Guihua City, where the Mongols herd and the Han people cultivate the land. The combination of the two complements each other.

However, the settlement here in the Horqin Grassland has only started construction for less than a year, and it is not yet fully self-sufficient.Therefore, it is necessary to prepare additional money and food for the army to go out.But Liaodong is waiting for prosperity, and there is no surplus food and grass materials.

In the upcoming Battle of Mobei, the main force will not be Liaodong's troops.However, Lu Xiangsheng still rushed to the settlement on the Horqin Grassland. Apart from selecting the soldiers who were mainly Mongolians, he came here to inspect the promotion of high-yield crops.

Whether it is the seeds of high-yield crops or the old farmers who plant them, they are all transferred from Guihua City by order.The governor personally came to check it out, and the old farmer in charge told Lu Xiangsheng a lot.What made him happy was that according to the old farmer's opinion, although this place was not as fertile as the Hetao Plain, the prospects for planting were still great.In addition, he also suggested to Lu Xiangsheng that high-yield crops can also be promoted in the Liaodong Plain. It does not need to occupy the existing farmland, but only supplements the existing farmland, and there will be great harvest.

When the military rations from Shanhaiguan arrived, Lu Xiangsheng had almost inspected the land here. The army was assembled. Lu Xiangsheng looked at the cavalry army of about 1 people, and scanned the generals standing in front of the team. Most of them were originally hussars. The people in the battalion have already led an army because of their accumulated meritorious service.

Now the Liaodong ministries have also undergone initial reorganization, and they have come under new designations.The original Dongjiang Army has been cancelled, and the entire Liaodong was designated as the Liaodong Military Region.Just like inside the pass, it is divided into two parts: local and field battles.Among them, the field army is dominated by cavalry troops, all of which are accompanied by supervisors. The expedition troops are as follows:
Lu Da, deputy general of the First Battalion of the Cavalry of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty, led more than [-] troops, and was the commander of this expedition.

Lieutenant General Liu Xingzhi of the Second Battalion of the Cavalry Army of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty led two thousand cavalry.

Mao Chengzuo, a general of the Third Battalion of the Cavalry Army of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty, led two thousand cavalry.

Huang Degong, a general of the Fourth Battalion of the Cavalry Army of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty, led two thousand cavalry.

Zuo Liangyu, a general of the Fifth Battalion of the Cavalry Army of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty, led two thousand cavalry.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at them with a serious expression, and said loudly: "Although you are not the main force in this Mobei battle, you must not weaken the reputation of our Liaodong Military Region. Whoever dares to avoid the battle, not fight, retreat before the battle, and delay the military plane Yes, I will never forgive you lightly!"

What he said was actually more of a routine talk.How can the army brought out by Lu Xiangsheng's style be a coward.These few leading generals are also his favorites, and they are all brave and good at fighting.Each army is also equipped with factory guards and army supervisors. Even if the commander really has a passive war, he will not get his wish!

Lu Da is the coach. After hearing what Lu Xiangsheng said, he drove out.The other four generals also followed behind him, and together with him, they clasped their fists immediately, and Lu Daxian loudly reported: "Don't worry, Governor, the last general will never weaken the name of Liaodong!"

"Don't worry, Governor, the last general will never weaken the name of Liaodong!" The other four generals followed suit.

Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said in a loud voice: "Okay, you can go to Langjuxu Mountain and Hanhai for me, and show off my great Ming army!"

After the swearing-in, more than [-] riders drove their horses northward and left in the dust.

At the same time, here in Guihua City, Hong Chengchou is personally the commander in chief, and he is also inspecting the [-] cavalry under his command.Only the naturalized military region can have so many cavalry troops.Most of these cavalry troops are grassland Mongolian soldiers.Of course, there are also cavalry troops drawn from Shanxi.

Hong Chengchou looked at this cavalry army, but he didn't say much, he just sent an order that those who want to get promoted and get rich must behave well.After finishing speaking, he swore his master and set off.

After several years of planting and promotion, the high-yield crops in the Hetao area have achieved gratifying results, especially potatoes, which are even more surprising. Not only are the yields large, but they also seem to taste good when paired with grassland meat.Therefore, this expedition of the Naturalized Military Region basically does not require food support from the pass.

The naturalized army is the main force in the battle of Mobei, and therefore, the commander of the entire battle is the naturalized governor Hong Chengchou.Even in the Battle of the Western Regions after the Battle of Mobei, the coach will be Hong Chengchou.

However, in the early stage of the Battle of the Western Regions, the commander of the Ming army was Baotou governor Yang Sichang, and the general was Zhongyong Bo Mangui.Their Baotou army under the naturalized military region has a total of about [-] cavalry troops. Instead of going to Mobei, they rushed directly to the Western Regions.

In this battle, the naturalized military region almost came out in full force, and its troops were all exhausted.Even cavalry troops from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places were withdrawn.Except for the cavalry in Shanxi, which was led by Hong Chengchou to go north, the cavalry drawn from several important frontier towns in Shaanxi and Gansu were all under the name of Yang Sichang, otherwise they would not be able to take it if it was just Baotou. Send out ten thousand cavalry.

And Yang He, Yang Sichang's father, on this plane, has been steadily serving as his trilateral governor.Naturally, he had to support his son's expedition, and the cavalry that was drawn out was naturally the most elite cavalry under his command.

It can be said that in the upcoming northern war, the Guangming Army dispatched more than 7 cavalry troops, far from being comparable to the scale of the southern war.

At this time, the main force of Khalkha was still on the side of the Western Regions, reveling in the territory of the Oirat tribe.

The Khalkha tribe is actually divided into three big clans, and their leaders are Tuxietuhan Gonpo, Zasaktuhan Norbu and Chechen Khan Shuolei.In the absence of foreign enemies, these three tribes love and kill each other for grasslands, pastures, water sources, etc.But at this time, they were proud of the spring breeze and were toasting together to celebrate.

I saw Tuxietu Khan Gonpo raising his glass and laughing loudly: "Come, come, let's drink to completely wipe out all the tribes of Oirat!"

When the other two heard it, they both laughed and raised their glasses in response.

For a long time, the Oirat tribes and the Khalkha tribes have been sworn enemies, attacking each other.

More than ten years ago, it was Khalkhaqiang who defeated the Oirat tribes in one fell swoop. Although they did not annex the Oirat tribes, they were enslaved for a long time.But unexpectedly, Gushi Khan rose up and led the Oirat tribes to defeat the Khalkha tribe.

Then, although Gushi Khan led his troops westward, he went to Qinghai-Tibet.But the successor, Oqiertu Khan, was still brave and led the Oirat tribe to fight against the Khalkha tribe. The three tribes had to join forces to defend against the enemy.But even so, they still felt that the Oirats were difficult to deal with.

At the end of last year, the Oirat tribe was like a mountain, pressing down on the hearts of the three Khans.

But now in a blink of an eye, the Oirats suffered a crushing defeat. They set foot on the pastures of the Oirats, drank the mare milk that originally belonged to the Oirats, and watched the women of the Oirats dance for them. Outside, there were captured Oirats There are countless cattle, horses and sheep.In such a situation, how can the three of them not let the three of them drink happily.

After putting down the wine glasses, a woman beside them filled them with wine.Among them, Tushetu Khan Gonpo looked at the other two and laughed loudly: "We have completely wiped out the Oirats this time, and we really have to thank the Tsar!"

"That's right, this is a group of lunatics." Zasak Tuhan Norbu also said with a smile, "They actually proposed to jointly attack the Oirats at this time. If we were ourselves, we really wouldn't choose those who just passed the winter." Time to strike!"

For these grassland nomads, cattle, horses and sheep are their foundation. Just after winter, the earth recovers, and it is time for cattle, horses and sheep to grow fat.Generally speaking, at this time, it is too late for them to graze, so they will go to war.It was also for this reason that Norbu spoke like this.

Gonpo listened, nodded and said: "It is indeed a group of lunatics. People who don't know, think they have a lot of hatred and resentment with the Oirat tribe. They will kill anyone they see. People from the Oirat tribe met the Russian army. Regardless of the old and the weak, women and children, they will not let them go, they are simply not human!"

"Actually, you don't know, as far as I know, there is really a big hatred!" The Chechen Khan Shuolei, who had been silent all this time, played with the cup of kumiss in his hand and said, "You deserve it, Oziltu Not only did they attack us, but they also made enemies of Tsarist Russia and robbed them of everything they looted from the east, how could they not anger the Tsar!"

Hearing this, the other two did not know the inside story, so they inquired one after another. After Chechen Khan explained, they suddenly realized.

It turns out that life in Tsarist Russia has actually been difficult.Before that, no one even wanted to take the throne, because everyone who became a tsar died a violent death.

Tsarist Russia at this time was far less powerful than later generations, and was often invaded by Poland. Even the Tsar was supported and appointed by the Polish king.In this way, the big nobles of Tsarist Russia naturally disagreed, and they often fought back and forth. Later, Mikhail Fedorovich was elected as the tsar.

But Mikhail was a cowardly and ineffective tsar.His father, Filaret, was imprisoned in Poland for many years and returned home. Mikhail immediately issued a decree, saying that the Patriarch Filaret enjoyed the same treatment as the Tsar. Become the actual overlord.

After that, Patriarch Filaret gradually gained real power and began to rule Russia with an iron fist.It is also because of this that Tsarist Russia gradually became stronger.

Patriarch Filaret first took a series of measures to stabilize people's livelihood, strengthen the tax system, and enrich the treasury through taxation.Among them, the most important source of wealth is the vast Siberia.

Tsarist Russian merchants exported expensive fur and timber to European countries by plundering Siberia.

Filaret is an ambitious person. While consolidating his material foundation, he is also reorganizing the army and making every effort to govern, hoping to retake the occupied land by force.

It was against this background that Oziltu led the army of the Oirat tribe to intercept the property looted by Tsarist Russia from Siberia.In this way, while Tsarist Russia was panicking that this source of income would be cut off, it decided to unite the Khalkha tribe and eliminate the Oirat tribe.

Hearing Chechen Khan's explanation, Tushetu Khan Gonpo couldn't help laughing and said: "This is really Oziltu's damned, cutting off people's money is like killing their parents, not to mention, Tsarist Russia is relying on this way of getting money Let’s revive the country’s luck!”

"Haha..." Zasaktuhan Norbu also laughed. He pointed to the two people sitting across from him and said, "In this way, it can be regarded as a big gift from Oqiertu to you two!"

In the past, there was no Tushetu Khan or Chechen Khan. It was after Gonpo and Shuo Lei became the leaders of their tribe that they began to call themselves Khans.In other words, after Gonpo declared himself Tushetu Khan and Shuo Lei declared himself Chechen Khan, they wiped out the Oirat tribes of their old enemy. This is their great achievement called Khan.It is also because of this that Norbu said this.

Gonpo and Shuo Lei were also proud when they heard this, and this is enough to show that their position is well deserved!

So, the proud three began to drink happily again, pointing to the Oirat woman dancing in the middle of the big tent from time to time, the atmosphere was very warm.

After a while, Gonpo suddenly looked at Shuo Lei and said, "You are familiar with Tsarist Russia. If we appear to buy Oirat women and children from them, will they agree?"

Generally speaking, in the annexation war of grassland tribes, the enemy's women and children who are no taller than the shaft of a cart are not killed.Women can bear children, and the children grow up to be warriors of the tribe.Only in this way, after annexing other tribes, the tribe will grow without much danger.

After hearing this, Chechen Khan thought for a while: "It may not work. Although there are no Oirat tribes, if our three tribes annex the Oirat tribes and become stronger, this is not what Tsarist Russia wants to see."

Speaking of this, he frowned and explained: "Tsarist Russia regards those lands in the north as their own inexhaustible treasure house, and they keep sending people eastward to plunder them. This source of wealth has been cut off!"

Hearing this, Gonpo suddenly swears: "His grandma, if he is really strong, he will really rob them of their wealth. Let's make a fortune ourselves!"

When Norbu heard this, he shook his head and said, "Where can we sell the things that Tsarist Russia looted from the north? That is what those countries in the far west need, and we can't sell them!"

Hearing this, the other two were silent, it seemed that this road to getting rich was not suitable for them.

However, Gonpo suddenly thought of something, and immediately said to the other two: "It seems that I heard that the Ming Kingdom sent troops to the Northland to compete with Tsarist Russia for territory!"

"What, there is such a thing?" Chechen Khan confirmed in surprise when he heard it.

Norbu was also surprised: "The Ming Dynasty actually sent troops to the North? Then we in Mobei...?"

Gonpo shook his hand and said, "Of course it didn't pass through our Mobei, it passed from Liaodong, and the number of people was very small. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to keep fighting with the Tsarist Russian army in the north!"

Hearing this, Norbu not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but became worried and said: "When did this happen? Could it be that the Manchus in Liaodong have been defeated by the Ming Kingdom? If the Ming Kingdom is so powerful, we... we I'm afraid..."

Seeing his expression and hearing his worried words, Chechen Khan also became nervous, and quickly said: "It seems that the reason why Ozirtu is so powerful is because he has the support of the Ming Kingdom behind him! Now we have eliminated the Oirats. Ministry, will Ming Dynasty retaliate against us?"

Seeing that they were so nervous, Gonpo couldn't help but smiled and said, "Could it be that the Ming Kingdom has not been our enemy all along? Even in the heyday of the Ming Kingdom, how many times did their ancestors conquer Mobei? It's not like we can't do anything about it." , now, we are afraid that the Ming Dynasty will fail?"

Hearing this, the other two breathed a sigh of relief.Among them, Norbu nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that I am worrying too much. It is only the Ming Dynasty. If we send troops, we will take them around the Gobi desert and see how long they can last!"

"Yes, if the Ming Dynasty dares to send troops, they will definitely let them know that our three tribes in Mobei are not comparable to those in the south!" Gonbu said loudly and firmly, obviously very confident.

They also heard about the fact that the Ming Dynasty captured Hetao.But they didn't take it seriously, as they said just now, Mobei is too far away from the Ming Kingdom, and the Ming Kingdom has sent troops so many times, but it has never really conquered Mobei.What is there to be afraid of, an old opponent who knows everything about the Central Plains Dynasty!

So, the three toasted again to celebrate.However, after a while, Norbu still seemed to have doubts, put down his cup and said, "Now the remnants of the Oirat tribes are still hiding in various places, and we haven't completely wiped them out. What if the Ming Kingdom sends troops over?"

Speaking of this, he saw that the two men were a bit disapproving, so he quickly added: "The Oirats have defected to the Ming Kingdom. Now that the Oirats have been beaten like this by us, I think the Ming Kingdom will definitely send troops."

"Hehe!" Gonbu immediately said with a hint of sarcasm when he heard this, "Even Gushi Khan refused to come to rescue, Ming will send troops? Even if they send troops, it must be perfunctory, right?"

The three tribes in Mobei, in fact, are most afraid of Gushi Khan.If Gushhan Khan did not send troops to Qinghai-Tibet, even if Tsarist Russia found them and said that they would unite to fight Oirat, they would probably have to think twice.For this reason, when they attacked Oirat this time, they were very nervous on Gushi Khan's side, and the focus of investigation and alert was also on Gushi Khan's side.

What they didn't expect was that they heard news from the Oirats they captured that Gush Khan would not come to rescue.This is also the main reason for the three of them to drink happily here.

Hearing what Gonpo said, the other two nodded. Indeed, even if Gushi Khan refused to come to rescue, even if the Ming Dynasty sent troops, how strong could it be?
So, the three of them also started to drink freely.However, before they broke up, a fast horse galloped up, and then hurried into the camp, and reported to the three of them: "Report, the Ming army is found in the east and will not accept them at night!"

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