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On the grasslands now controlled by the Ming Dynasty, there are already more than one settlement like Guihua City. Nomadic settlements have also been established in eastern Mongolia, on the Horqin Grassland, under the jurisdiction of Lu Xiangsheng in Liaodong.

Here, the model is the same as that of Guihua City. Mongolians herd and Han people farmed. The two were combined and their advantages complemented each other.

However, the settlement here in Horqin Grassland has only been under construction for less than a year and is not yet completely self-sufficient. Therefore, when a large army goes on an expedition, it is necessary to prepare extra money and food. However, Liaodong is full of waste and has no surplus food and grass supplies.

In the upcoming Battle of Mobei, the main force will not be from Liaodong. However, Lu Xiangsheng still rushed to the settlement in Horqin Grassland. In addition to selecting soldiers who were mainly Mongolian, he came here to inspect the promotion of high-yielding crops.

Whether it is the seeds of high-yielding crops or the experienced farmers who planted them, they were all transferred from Guihua City on orders. The Governor came over to check it out in person, and the old farmer who headed it talked a lot to Lu Xiangsheng. What made him happy was that, according to the old farmer, although the area was not as fertile as the Hetao Plain, there was still great potential for planting. In addition, he also suggested to Lu Xiangsheng that high-yielding crops could also be promoted in the Liaodong Plain. They do not need to occupy existing farmland. They are just supplements to existing farmland and will yield great gains.

When the military rations from Shanhaiguan arrived, Lu Xiangsheng had almost inspected the area here. The army was assembled. Lu Xiangsheng looked at the cavalry of about 10,000 people and scanned the generals standing in front of the team. Most of them were originally hussars. The people in the battalion have been promoted due to their merit, and each of them has led an army.

Now the various departments in Liaodong have also undergone their first reorganization and have been assigned new numbers. The original Dongjiang Army has been cancelled, and the entire Liaodong has been classified as the Liaodong Military Region. Just like inside the pass, it is divided into two parts: local and field. Among them, the field army is mainly composed of cavalry troops, all equipped with supervisory troops. The troops deployed are as follows:

Lu Da, deputy general of the first battalion of the Liaodong Army Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, led more than 2,500 troops and was the commander-in-chief of this expedition.

Liu Xingzhi, deputy general of the second battalion of the Liaodong Army Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, led two thousand cavalry.

Mao Chengzuo, general of the third battalion of the Liaodong Army Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, led two thousand cavalry.

Huang Degong, the commander of the fourth battalion of the Liaodong Army Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, led two thousand cavalry.

General Zuo Liangyu of the fifth battalion of the Liaodong Army Cavalry 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 battle in Mobei, you must not weaken the prestige of our Liaodong Military Region. Who dares to avoid the battle, not to fight, to retreat before the battle, or to delay the military flight?" Yes, I will never give you mercy!"

What he said was actually more of a routine. How could an army led by Lu Xiangsheng be a coward? These generals, whom he also favored, were all brave and good at fighting. Each army is also equipped with factory guards and military supervisors. Even if the commander really wants to be passive in fighting, he will not get what he wants!

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

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

Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said loudly: "Okay, you will go to Langjuxu Mountain and Hanhai on behalf of me to promote the power of our Ming army!"

After the swearing-in, more than 10,000 horsemen drove their horses northward and left the city.

At the same time, here in Guihua City, Hong Chengchou was the commander himself and was reviewing his 50,000 cavalry troops. Only the naturalized military region can have so many cavalry troops. Most of these cavalry troops are grassland Mongolian soldiers. Of course, some were cavalry troops transferred from Shanxi.

Hong Chengchou looked at the cavalry and didn't say much. He just asked people to give orders. Those who want to be promoted and make a fortune must behave well. After saying that, he swore an oath and set out to fight.

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

The naturalized army was the main force in the Battle of Mobei, and therefore, the commander of the entire battle was the naturalized governor-general 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 stages of the Battle of the Western Regions, the Ming army's commander-in-chief was Baotou Governor Yang Sichang, and its general was Zhongyong Bomangui. Their Baotou Army under the Naturalized Military Region, with a total of about 10,000 cavalry, rushed directly to the Western Regions instead of going to Mobei.

In this war, the naturalized military region was almost in full force, and all its troops were depleted. They even removed cavalry troops from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places. In addition to the cavalry on the Shanxi side, which was led north by Hong Chengchou, the cavalry taken from several important frontier towns in Shaanxi and Gansu were all assigned under the name of Yang Sichang. Otherwise, if it was just Baotou, they would not be able to take it. Send out 10,000 cavalry.

As for Yang Sichang's father, Yang He, in this dimension, he has been steadily serving as his governor on three sides. Naturally, he had to support his son when he went on an expedition. The cavalry that was removed was naturally the most elite cavalry under his command.

It can be said that in the upcoming northern war, the Guangming Army will dispatch more than 70,000 cavalry troops. The mammoth scale is far from comparable to the war in the south.

At this time, the main force of Khalkha was still in the Western Region, carnivaling on the territory of the Oirat tribe.

The Khalkha tribe is actually divided into three major tribes. Their leaders are Tushetu Khan Gonbu, Zasak Tuhan Norbu and Chechen Khan Shuolei. In the absence of external enemies, these three major tribes also love and kill each other for grasslands, pastures, water sources, etc. But at this time, they were very proud of themselves and were toasting together to celebrate.

I saw Tushetu Khan Gonbu raising his glass and laughing: "Come on, come on, let's drink to the complete annihilation of the Oirat tribes!"

When the other two heard this, they also laughed and raised their glasses in response.

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

More than ten years ago, it was Khalkha who defeated the Oirat tribes in one fell swoop. Although they did not annex the Oirat tribes, they enslaved them 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. However, the Oqiltu Khan who took over was still brave and led the Oirat tribe to suppress the Khalkha tribe in a fight. The three tribes had to join forces to defend against the enemy. But even so, they still find the Oirat Department difficult to deal with.

At the end of last year, the Oirat tribe was like a big mountain, weighing on the hearts of these three kings.

But in a blink of an eye, now, Oirat has been completely defeated. They are setting foot on the pasture of the original Oirat tribe, drinking the mare's milk that originally belonged to the Oirat tribe, watching the women of the Oirat tribe dancing for them, and outside, there are captured Oirat tribesmen. of countless cattle, horses and sheep. Under such circumstances, how could we not let the three of them drink to their heart's content.

After putting down the wine glasses, the woman next to them filled them with wine. Among them, Tuxedu Khan Gonbu looked at the other two people and laughed loudly: "We have completely eliminated the Oirat tribe this time. We really have to thank the Tsar!"

"Yes, these are a group of lunatics." Zasak Tuhan Norbu also smiled and said, "They actually proposed to jointly attack the Weilat Department at this time. If we were ourselves, we really wouldn't choose to just go through the winter. Time to strike!"

For these grassland nomads, cattle, horses and sheep are their foundation. Just after winter, when the earth recovers, it is the time for cattle, horses and sheep to gain weight. Generally speaking, it is too late for them to graze at this time, so they will go to war. That's why Norbu spoke like this.

After hearing this, Gunbu nodded and said: "They are indeed a group of lunatics. People who don't know it think that they have a lot of hatred and grievances against the Oirat tribe. They kill people on sight. People from the Oirat tribe encounter the Tsarist Russian army. No matter the old, weak, women or children, we will not spare them all, they are simply not human beings!"

"Actually, you don't know. As far as I know, there is really a lot of hatred!" Chechen Khan Shuolei, who has been silent for a long time, said while playing with the cup of kumiss in his hand, "It is well deserved, Eqirtu Not only did they attack us, they also made enemies of Tsarist Russia and robbed everything they looted from the east. How could they not anger the Tsar!"

After hearing this, the other two people didn't know the inside story, so they inquired about it. After Chechen Khan explained it, they suddenly realized it.

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.

At this time, Tsarist Russia was far less powerful than later generations, and was often invaded by Poland. Even the Tsar was supported and appointed by the King of Poland. As a result, the great nobles of Tsarist Russia naturally disagreed, and they often fought back and forth. After the fighting, Mikhail Fedorovich was elected as the Tsar.

However, Mikhail was a cowardly and accomplished tsar. When his father Philalet returned home after being imprisoned in Poland for many years, Mikhail immediately issued a decree stating that the Patriarch Philalet enjoyed the same treatment as the Tsar. Philalet's order was equivalent to the Tsar's edict, and the Patriarch Become the de facto emperor.

After that, Patriarch Philalet gradually gained real power and began to rule Russia with an iron fist. It was 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 national treasury through taxation. Among them, the most important source of wealth is the vast Siberia.

Tsarist Russian merchants plundered Siberia and exported expensive furs and timber to European countries. These were commodities welcomed by European countries. Therefore, Tsarist Russia made huge profits, and the treasury gradually became enriched.

Filaret was an ambitious man. While consolidating his material foundation, he was also reorganizing his army and working hard 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 plundered by Tsarist Russia from Siberia. In this way, while Tsarist Russia was panicking that this source of wealth would be cut off, it decided to unite with the Khalkha tribe and eliminate the Oirat tribe.

Hearing the Chechen Khan's explanation, Tushetu Khan Gonbu couldn't help laughing and said: "This is really a damn thing for Oqiltu. Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. What's more, Tsarist Russia depends on this road for wealth. Come to revitalize the national destiny!"

"Haha..." Zasak Tuhan Norbu also laughed. He pointed at the two people sitting opposite him and said, "In this way, Eqirtu has given you two a big gift!"

In the past, there was no Tushetu Khan or Chechen Khan. It was only after Gunbu and Shuolei became the leaders of their tribes that they began to call themselves khans. In other words, after Gunbu declared himself Tushetu Khan and Shuolei declared himself Chechen Khan, they destroyed their old enemy Oirat tribes. This was their great achievement as Khan. That's why Norbu said this.

Gunbu and Shuolei were also proud when they heard this. This was enough to prove that they deserved the Khan position!

As a result, the three proud people began to drink happily again, pointing at the Oirat women dancing in the middle of the tent from time to time, and the atmosphere was very lively.

After a while, Gunbu suddenly looked at Shuolei and said, "You are familiar with Tsarist Russia. If we show up to buy women and children from the Oirat tribe from them, will they agree?"

In the annexation wars of the grassland tribes, generally speaking, the enemy's women and children who are not taller than the shaft of the cart are not killed. Women can give birth to children, and the children grow up to be warriors of the tribe. Only in this way, after annexing other tribes, will the tribe grow without much danger.

After hearing this, the Chechen Khan thought for a while and said: "Maybe it won't 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."

At this point, he frowned and explained: "Tsarist Russia has regarded the lands in the north as their own inexhaustible treasure house. They continue to send people eastward to plunder, but they don't want us to become stronger in the future. This source of income has been cut off!”

Upon hearing this, Gunbu suddenly swore and said: "If his grandma is really strong enough and robs their wealth, we can make a fortune ourselves!"

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

Hearing this, the other two people were silent. It seemed that this road to wealth was not suitable for them.

However, Gunbu suddenly thought of something and immediately said to the other two people: "I heard that the Ming Dynasty sent troops to the north to compete with Tsarist Russia for territory!"

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

Norbu was also surprised: "The Ming Dynasty actually sent troops to the Northland? Then wouldn't we in Mobei...?"

Gunbu shook his hand after hearing this and said: "Of course they didn't pass through our Mobei. They passed through Liaodong, and the number of people was very small. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to fight with the Tsarist Russian army in the north!"

Hearing this, Norbu not only did not relax, but looked worried and said: "When did this happen? Has the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Liaodong been defeated by the Ming Dynasty? If the Ming Dynasty is so powerful, we... we I’m afraid…”

Seeing his expression and hearing his worried words, the Chechen Khan became nervous and said quickly: "It seems that the reason why Oqiltu is so powerful is because he has the support of the Ming Dynasty behind him! We have now destroyed the Oirat Ministry, will the Ming Congress retaliate against us?"

Seeing how nervous they were, Gun Bu couldn't help but smile and said: "Has the Ming Kingdom not been our enemy all along? Even in the Ming Kingdom's heyday, their ancestors personally conquered Mobei many times, and they still couldn't do anything to us. , now, are we afraid that the Ming Dynasty will fail?"

Hearing this, the other two people breathed a sigh of relief. Among them, Norbu nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that I am worrying too much. It's just the Ming Dynasty. If we send troops, we will take them in circles in the Gobi desert to see how long they can hold on!"

"Yes, if the Ming Dynasty dares to send troops, they will definitely let them know that our Mobei tribe is not comparable to those tribes in the south!" Gunbu's voice was loud and firm, and he was obviously very confident.

The Ming Dynasty captured the Hetao side, and they also heard about it. But they didn't take it seriously. As they just said, Mobei was too far away from the Ming Kingdom. The Ming Kingdom had sent troops so many times, but it had never really conquered Mobei. For the Central Plains Dynasty, an old opponent who knows everything about it, there is nothing to be afraid of!

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

At this point, he saw that the two people looked a little disapproving, so he quickly added: "The Oirat tribe has defected to the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Oirat tribe has been beaten like this by us, I think the Ming Dynasty will definitely send troops."

"Haha!" When Gun Bu heard this, he immediately said with a hint of ridicule, "Even Gushi Khan refused to come to the rescue, so the Ming Dynasty will send troops? Even if it sends troops, it will probably be perfunctory, right?"

Among the three tribes in Mobei, the one they were most afraid of was Gushi Khan. If Gushi Khan hadn't sent troops to Qinghai-Tibet, even if Tsarist Russia came to them and said they wanted to unite to attack Oirat, they would probably have to think twice. For this reason, when they attacked Oirat this time, they were very nervous about Gushi Khan's side, and the focus of their investigation and alert was also on Gushi Khan's side.

What they didn't expect was that they heard news from the Oirat people they captured that Gushi Khan would not come to the rescue. This was also the main reason why the three of them drank happily here.

Hearing what Gun Bu said, the other two people nodded. Indeed, even Gushi Khan refused to come to the rescue. Even if the Ming Dynasty sent troops, how powerful could it be?

So the three of them also started drinking. However, before they could disperse, a fast horse suddenly rode up to the camp, and then hurriedly entered the camp and reported to the three of them: "Report, the Ming army was found in the east and refused to collect at night!"

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