Chapter 843: Is this...madam?

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As soon as Liu Xianqian was driven away, Wang Shide came over to report: "Sir, there is a Mongolian envoy outside asking for advice, claiming to be from Hulunbuir, a distant Hulunbuir."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said casually: "It should be from the Mongolian Aotel tribe, please invite him in! Remember to be polite!"

Wang Shide turned around and went out.

Zhang Zhun subconsciously looked at the map on the wall, looked at the location of the Hulunbuir grassland in the north, and then looked at the people from the Jinzhou Aoter tribe where he was located, and he was not slow to move. It took less than two months to come to Jinzhou from Hulunbuir so far, and he had to travel through the grassland controlled by the Korqin tribe. After all, nomadic people are nomadic people and move very fast on the grassland. If it were Han people, it would be a big problem for two months.

Before he arrived in Jinzhou, Zhang Zhun had already sent people to contact the merchants of the Mongol Aoter Tribe in Shanhaiguan, clearly stated his intentions, hoping that the Aoter Tribe could send capable people to find him and negotiate some things in person. As a result, the messenger of the Aoter Tribe arrived so soon. It seems that the Aoter Tribe is still sincere in cooperation with him. Well, as long as he is sincere, it is fine.

In fact, the people of the Ming Dynasty were not unfamiliar with the Hulunbuir grassland. In the Ming Dynasty, Beer Lake was generally called the Fishing Sea. In September of the 20th year of Hongwu (1387 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang sent Yongchang Hou Lan Yu as a general to lead his army to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty. In April of the following year, Lan Yu led his army to Qingzhou (now northwest of Balin Right Banner, Inner Mongolia). He heard that the Northern Yuan Emperor Tumusi Timuer was in the Fishing Sea, and immediately covered his flag and stopped the drums, advanced along the way, and launched a raid on the Yuan army.

The Yuan army was completely unaware of Lan Yu's actions. As a result, after Lan Yu's army arrived, the Yuan Taiwei Manzi rushed to fight and was killed. Tumusi Timuer and the prince Tian Baonu and dozens of cavalry fled. The Ming army captured the second son Di Baonu and the former prince Bili Bald Concubine, and more than 120 people including the princess, including 3,000 officials, 70,000 men and women, 150,000 horses, cows, camels, and sheep. The seals, books, gold and silver seals, etc.

This battle completely gave the Han people a shame, which was also considered a shame to avenge the Jingkang shame. In the Jingkang shame, the Han princesses and other people were stolen by nomadic peoples. After that, the Han people had no chance to avenge them, and finally the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed. It was not until the Battle of Fishing Sea that Lan Yu captured the Mongolian princesses and other people all of them, which was considered a complete revenge for the Jingkang shame. From the perspective of revenge, Lan Yu was much more fierce than Yue Fei. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was also a fierce man.

Because of the Fishing Sea War, it is absolutely impossible to say that there is no gap between the Mongols and the Ming Kingdom. The Mongols who retreated to the grassland never gave up their coveting of the fertile land of the Central Plains. However, their power is no longer the same as before. Even Yesen, Altan Khan and others have only caused some trouble to the Central Plains dynasty. It is absolutely impossible to re-enter the Central Plains.

Many of the Aotel tribes today are descendants of the Northern Yuan Empire. Fighting at the sea of ​​fishing has always been a pain in their hearts. It is also false to say that they do not want to take revenge. Who is unwilling to re-create their glory? However, they also know that the current Mongols are no longer the Mongols, and the Han people are no longer the Han people. With their abilities, it is impossible to take revenge.

After all, more than two hundred years have passed, and many people and things have changed tremendously. Now is the era of pursuing interests. This is the case for the Han people, and the Mongols are the same. The Hulunbuir grassland needs Han people's supplies and the relief of Han people. The Han people need war horses of nomadic people and cavalry of nomadic people.

This is a naked exchange of interests. Since it is an exchange of interests, the historical grievances between both sides must be temporarily put down. Both sides have benefits in cooperation. If both sides fight, neither side will benefit. I believe that the Mongolians also understand such a simple path. The rapid arrival of the messenger of the Aotel tribe is the best proof.

Zhang Zhun never felt that the Han people's own cavalry could beat nomads in riding. Others grew up on horseback, and they started to get along with horses when they were three or four years old. Many Han people's cavalry had to join the army before they started training. Just from the perspective of familiarity with horse nature, it was difficult to catch up with others.

As for other experiences besides riding, such as survival in the wild, hunting, identifying directions, finding water sources, avoiding dangers, and treating war horses. Every time the Han cavalry goes to fight, no matter how powerful it is, nomadic spies must be used as guides. Otherwise, it will definitely be difficult to move on the prairie!

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's cavalry were accumulated after decades of accumulation by the Han Empire. The cost was quite high, almost hollowing out the treasury of the Han Empire. In fact, after the two of them struggled, the national strength of the Han Empire was also a bit weak, which led to a series of subsequent events.

Relatively speaking, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was much lower. Because they used a large number of mercenaries to participate in the war. Almost all nomadic peoples in the northern part of the Tang Empire were requisitioned by the Tang Empire. For example, the tribes such as Tuqishi, Geluo, Shatuts, and Tuluns were all the most popular mercenaries used by the Tang Empire. Some people have calculated that the cost of training a cavalry by the Han people themselves could hire five or even ten nomadic cavalry.

Basically, as long as the Han people maintain a cavalry team of about 50,000 people as the backbone and as the core force of the rulers, other cavalry can use a large number of nomadic peoples. The materials needed by nomadic peoples are actually very small, and the cost-effectiveness is very high. Five hundred dans of tea is enough for them to launch a military operation. The price of five hundred dans of tea is not even enough for Yang Guifei to have a meal.

When expanding to the outside world, it is particularly effective to use nomadic peoples. Especially when expanding to the west and north, it is basically impossible to leave these nomadic peoples. Due to the living customs of the Han people, it is difficult to survive in the desolate Western Regions and the distant north of the north. Relying solely on the power of the Han people, it is basically the limit to reach the north of the desert and west of the Palacioles.

The cold current in Siberia is often minus fifty or sixty degrees below zero, and the heat exhaled can freeze at any time. Even the iron-torn Han people are very uncomfortable. Only those nomadic peoples produced at high latitudes, such as Cossacks, can gallop. Of course, some Mongolians can do it.

For example, in the Western Regions, Afghanistan, barren lands, scarce water sources, and shortage of materials, it was indeed too difficult for the Han people to fight and live there. However, ethnic groups such as Khikas and Tuqishi can travel smoothly in these places. On the land of Central Asia, the Arabs are not the most suitable for survival, but their religion is so powerful that they finally occupied this land.

The territory of all dynasties was the largest during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and almost reached the Iraq area today. The main reason was that the Tang army hired a large number of nomadic peoples to fight. If there were no problems in some details, resulting in the nomadic peoples' counterattack and causing the defeat of Talas, the area controlled by the Tang army could continue to expand westward.

It seems that the expansion of Tsarist Russia to the east was also a large number of gangsters, bandits, thieves, prisoners, and the main force was the Cossack cavalry. According to the development of history, the Cossack cavalry at this time should have reached the central part of Siberia and will soon enter the northern part of Heilongjiang. At that time, conflicts between the Han people and the Cossack cavalry will be almost inevitable.

Obviously, in such a cold area, it is very difficult to use Han troops to fight against the Cossack cavalry. Only people who have lived in high-altitude areas for a long time can fight against the Cossack cavalry. There are only two types of people who meet this condition. One is the Tartars and the other is the Mongolian tribe in the north.

It seems unrealistic to rely on the Tartars to fight against the Cossack cavalry, and it is better to rely on the Mongols. In history, hundreds of Mongols were once killed by Cossack cavalry with only a few dozen people and were defeated. Of course, Zhang Zhun did not want to repeat the same mistake. Under his leadership, the Mongols must turn around and defeat the Cossack cavalry.

If the Mongols could not deal with the Cossack cavalry, then it seemed that the only mercenary who could fight against the Cossacks seemed to be the only Gurkha. Zhang Zhun couldn't help but stare at the roof of the world. There was the location of the famous Gurkha mercenaries in later generations. Zhang Zhun regarded the Gurkha as the main vanguard who expanded westward in the morning.

After turning over the roof of the world, there is the Mughal dynasty, which is today India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other places. The Mughal dynasty at this moment should be very weak, with constant internal struggles, and the Han people took advantage of the situation. After watching the Indian movie "Unknown Death", Zhang Zhun also became a little interested in Indian beauties.

Of course, women's affairs are just a side. The most important thing is to strengthen their military strength. Even if the Mongols are not as powerful as the Gurkhas, they are still a very sharp knife. The key is to use it well and be proficient. In the future, the Hu Ben Army will have to use a large number of Mongolian cavalry to fight north and west! The Aoter tribe is just the beginning.

"Governor is here, please accept the salute from Alathanula."

A moment later, Wang Shide came in with a Mongolian man. This Mongolian man looked like a businessman. After seeing Zhang Zhun, he immediately shouted loudly. When he saluted, his movements were quite exaggerated.

"Cunning guy..."

Zhang Zhun quietly talked to himself in his heart.

Of course, he would not think that he had the spirit of domineering power, and that he could just let the other party meet. Although the Mongolians looked rough on the outside, they were actually very cunning on the inside. This Mongolian was more pretentious than to relax their vigilance against him.

If you relax your vigilance, the Mongols will gain more benefits in the subsequent negotiations. If you are really fooled, the other party will definitely laugh at you as incompetent in your heart. Of course, ordinary Mongolians will not do this, but the high-level Mongolian nobles will definitely have this idea.

In fact, the Mongols were also a nation that bullies the weak and fears the strong. Their glorious period has completely passed. They were driven to the horizon by Fu Youde, Lan Yu and others, and almost couldn't survive. Fortunately, the Hu Weiyong case later broke out, and Zhu Yuanzhang had no time to look north, so they were able to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Alatanula, my friend, please get up."

Zhang Zhun said seriously.

"Thank you, Governor."

Alatanwula's Chinese is not very good. When speaking, it looks a bit like a steel file, which looks very stiff. However, in general, it is basically understandable. The Aotel tribe is almost isolated from the Ming Dynasty in the distant Hulunbuir grassland. Among them, there are some nobles who understand Chinese, which is quite amazing.

"Friends from afar, where did you come from?"

Zhang Zhun asked slowly.

"I came from the banks of the Hannan River."

Alathan Ula responded respectfully.

"Oh, a distant holy land."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said thoughtfully.

Genghis Khan rose on the banks of the Hannan River and gradually unified the Mongolian tribes, then fought south and north, creating a glorious era for the Mongols. After his death, all the Mongolian nobles had to go to the banks of the Hannan River to claim that they were descendants of the Golden Family. Even if you have no relationship with the Golden Family, you must have some connection.

This is very important, otherwise other Mongolian nobles may not obey you at all. This ceremony is like a sacrifice to heaven during the throne ceremony of the Han emperor. You must show to God that you are the son of heaven and the emperor to be qualified to be this emperor. Otherwise, it is the lack of procedures that may bring unpredictable consequences.

It seems that Altan Khan, who was on the Hannan River and the Golden Family, actually had no relationship with the Hannan River. However, in order to make his identity legitimate, he also went to the Hannan River to worship, saying that he was actually a descendant of the Golden Family, and he also fabricated his family tree and became a member of the Golden Family.

Basically, for the Mongols, the Hannan River was their holy land. However, this holy land was indeed a bit far away. Except for the nobles, ordinary Mongolians rarely had the opportunity to reach this place. Moreover, in the past few decades, the climate on the Hannan River seemed to be getting colder and colder. The local nomadic Mongols had to slowly migrate southward, so the Hannan River gradually became neglected.

"The warriors on the Hannan River are all friends of the Han people."

Alatan Ula said slowly, directly expressing his position.

"Friends on Kingsoft, what do you need?"

Zhang Zhun nodded and went straight to the topic.

Alatanwula translated into Chinese, which means Kingsoft. Zhang Zhun used Chinese to call him, indicating the relationship between the two parties and took him one step closer.

Alatanwula memorized and said: "We need food, sugar, salt, vinegar, iron, tea, silk, medicinal materials, porcelain, dried fruits, and spices."

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, nodded, and said affirmatively: "I can give you all these. What can you give me?"

Alathanula said: "We only have war horses and warriors."

Zhang Zhun nodded and asked deeply: "How many war horses and warriors can you give me?"

Alatanwula said without thinking: "If it weren't for the obstruction of the Korqin tribe, we could give you 30,000 war horses and 3,000 warriors!"

Zhang Zhun nodded, quite satisfied with the number of Altanwula. The population of the Mongols was indeed not large, especially the Hulunbuir tribe located in the north. The 3,000 cavalry was basically 30% of their number. Zhang Zhun estimated that this tribe could pull out the cavalry to fight at most about 10,000. It seems that the Aotel tribe still cooperated sincerely.

"Besides the Warriors, I also need some experienced grooms and experienced equestrian coaches. It doesn't matter if they are older, I don't need them to go to the battlefield."

Zhang Zhun thought about it and said slowly.

What the Hu Ben Army needs most now is actually war horse and equestrian coaches. There are indeed too few equestrian coaches for the Hu Ben Army cavalry. Due to the lack of sufficient training talents, the Hu Ben Army cavalry still has only five battalions. If a large number of Mongolians arrive, the situation will be much better. It is possible to double the number of cavalry in the short term.

"no problem!"

"Is a thousand people enough?"

"There are some experienced old warriors in our tribe!"

Alatan Ula does have the sincerity of cooperation and answered without thinking when he heard this.

"good!"

"make a deal!"

Zhang Zhun said crisply.

"Come!"

"Tea tasting!"

Zhang Zhun said sincerely.

Since both sides have the sincerity of cooperation, the next negotiation will be handed over to Wang Shide and Alatan Ula's men. The specific exchange ratio will definitely not be outrageous. When the subordinates started to negotiate specific details, Zhang Zhun and Ula's men began to taste tea.

"Good tea!"

"Is this Emei Snow Peak?"

Alatanula picked up the teacup, tasted it lightly, and then screamed in surprise. Looking at his expression, it seemed that he hadn't tasted such a good tea for a long time.

"It seems."

Zhang Zhun picked up the tea pot and looked carefully. He found that it was indeed Emei Snow Peak.

As the great governor of the Hu Ben Army, Zhang Zhun of course had a large amount of good tea leaves around him, which were ready for use at any time. However, he had no research on tea ceremony and had no hobby of tea tasting. Basically, if he tasted good tea carefully, he could tell which kind of good tea was. However, he was blinded by the fact that it was.

Unexpectedly, Alatanwula has a good foundation in tea tasting. It’s a shame that others are still Mongolians! The tea ceremony and chess traits in later generations were all carried forward abroad, but the country was not very good. I’m really shy to think about it. I’m sorry for my ancestors! In order to inherit Chinese culture, I still have to drink more tea in the future.

The Mongolian nobleman Alatanula really has some understanding of the tea ceremony. When it comes to the tea ceremony, he is very good at it. He has always complained that because the Korqin tribe cut off their relationship with the Ming Dynasty, they have never been able to buy good tea. The teas sold by Korqin are either inferior old tea or they are extremely expensive.

"What do you think of Korqin?"

Alatan Ula suddenly changed his mind and pointed out the core problem.

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly and the play meat was coming. The Aoter tribe was also a guy who could not get up early. Since they received the support of the Hu Ben Army, they naturally wanted to seize more benefits. For the Mongolians, a larger grassland, a larger population, and a larger horse, a cattle and a sheep were greater benefits. Therefore, their eyes were fixed on the Korqin grassland in the south.

If we can obtain the Korqin grassland, the fertile grassland of the Aotel tribe can be expanded several times immediately, and the population, as well as horses, cattle and sheep can increase a lot. This is a qualitative leap for the strength of the Aotel tribe. At the same time, after the annexation of Korqin, the relationship between them and the Han people was unimpeded, which allowed them to obtain more materials at any time.
To be continued...