Chapter 260 Houjin dispatches troops
The 30,000 Later Jin army set out from Shengjing and arrived at the Korqin grassland. They set up 20,000 Korqin cavalry, totaling 50,000 Later Jin army, and rushed through the grasslands and invaded towards Xuanda.
Along the way, there were vast green grasslands along the way. The Chahar people here had already escaped, and the Tumotes did not dare to cross the Zhangba grassland to herd sheep. This large area of plump grassland had fallen into the hands of the Korqin people, an ally of the Jin Kingdom. Dorgon and Yuetuo passed along the way, and the Korqin troops sent cavalry to join. By the time the Jin army arrived outside Zhangjiakou, the number of Korqin cavalry had reached 40,000.
The Later Jin army was preparing to invade on the grassland outside Zhangjiakou. Dorgon sat in the central army's tent, and Yue Tuo sat in the lower seat.
"Yuetobele, come and see this map." Dorgon waved and greeted Yueto.
This map was provided to the Later Jin army by Fan Yongdou and others. The map was marked in detail, with the locations of the Ming army's forts, deployment of troops, etc. According to the information provided by the Shanxi merchants, because the bandits broke through the encirclement of the Ming army in Shanxi and entered the Central Plains, the Ming army in Shanxi was transferred away and went to the Central Plains to intercept the bandits. The consequence was that Shanxi's troops were empty and the Xuanda defense line was useless. With the little force of the Ming army, they could not defend Xuanda at all.
Yue Tuo looked at the map and nodded: "What I am worried about is the Ming man named Li Guodong. Where is his army? We sent people to Dadongyugou City to spy on military information. Li Guodong's main force was not in Dadongyugou. I don't know if he entered the Ming territory to suppress the thieves or hid somewhere. Last time my nephew's troops were attacked in the north of Guihua City, I'm afraid this person did it."
"Since his main force is not in Dadongyugou, why doesn't our army take the opportunity to break through this city in one fell swoop and eliminate future troubles forever?"
"The Dadongyugou city walled city is strange, easy to defend but difficult to attack, so you must not attack forcefully, otherwise you will only waste the lives of the warriors! It is estimated that Li Guodong would not have much force, and it would not be possible to stop our army from entering Xuanda."
Dorgon pointed to the map and said, "Xuanda's grain harvest was poor last year, but this year it still suffered from drought. Even if our army entered the pass and robbed, it would not be possible to have enough food for the three armies. So Yuetoubeile, you have to urge the Tumotes."
"My nephew knows the purpose of the Khan. Whether our army can succeed in expeditioning the Ming Dynasty this time, he will give all his back to the Tumotes! This is also a time to test whether they are loyal. However, the Guluge is not loyal enough to me, Dajin, and he still has selfish intentions and does not report to me about the Han shepherd slaves planting winter wheat."
"Xuanda, Shaanxi is suffering from drought. Can the grain harvest in Hetao be good?"
"Uncle Fourteen, you don't know that heavy snow fell in the Hetao area last winter and the Yellow River irrigated it, so it was blocked into the south of the Yangtze River! The Tumotes have been living in Hetao for a long time and are no different from the Han people. They do not make a living by livestock, but cultivate land. Therefore, as long as our army approaches Naturalization, the Tumotes dare not abandon Naturalization and run away. They have no place to go, so they can only guard the Naturalization trade and Hetao farming."
"Okay!" Dorgon nodded, "Yuetobele, you will click the cavalry of our headquarters to go to naturalization tomorrow morning to urge him to provide food and grass for our army! In addition, the auxiliary soldiers who transport food and grass also need them to come out! It is best to bring all the Han herd slaves over and take them to Liaodong."
"Uncle Fourteen, you can no longer seize the Han shepherd slaves of the Tumotes. You can also provide us with food and grass, and then let the Han shepherd slaves go. Some of the Tumotes who have different intentions towards us take the opportunity to cause trouble, which will push the Tumotes to the Mongolian side of Mobei! Last year, the 600 warriors in our army were attacked. That matter must be that the Tumotes secretly touched Mobei and Mingren!"
The next day, before dawn, Yue Tuo brought three thousand elite Jurchen cavalry and five thousand Korchin cavalry to go straight to Naturalization.
"Khan, the Jurchen army is here again!" Subud walked into the royal palace and reported to Omubu.
Omubu was so scared that he almost fell from the throne. Yuetuo left Yuhua for half a year. This half a year was the most comfortable half a year that Omubu had. There was neither the threat from the Chahars nor the aggressiveness of the Jurchens. A large number of Han refugees came to Yulin and Xikou to Yuhua. The city of Guihua was also restored, and the winter wheat was harvested. Seeing that the Tumotes were about to live a good life, the Jurchens were here again.
Before the Jurchens left last year, they "borrowed" five thousand stones of grain from Omubu, one thousand cows and five thousand sheep. Omubu would not believe that the Jurchens came this time to return the food and animals to themselves.
"I'll come here and borrow two thousand cows, ten thousand sheep, and ten thousand stones of wheat from the Khan." Yuetuo sat on the throne of the Tumot's palace, looking at the extremely humble Omubu with a smile, making his legs tremble.
Omubu was so scared that he knelt on the ground and said with a sad face: "Belle, the small tribe of Tumotnae, has little property. Last year, Mr. Beile borrowed food and livestock but has not yet paid it back. This year, I came to borrow it again. How can Xiao Khan afford it?"
Yue Tuo didn't say a word, picked up the tea cup and drank a sip of tea. Although the Mongolian tea was extremely difficult to drink, it was impossible to compare with the best Fujian rock tea provided to Shengjing by Shanxi merchants. However, Yue Tuo ran for a few days and just treated it as drinking tea to quench his thirst. Yue Tuo had just recovered from a serious illness, and seemed to have choked on a sip of tea and kept coughing.
"Master Beile, are you okay?" Omubu was so scared that he thought Yuetuo was pretending to cough.
Yue Tou stopped coughing and smiled again on his face: "Da Han, as far as Gu Benbeile knew, more than 10,000 Han herd slaves who went out of the border last year planted wheat in Hetao, and this year the wheat harvest was a great harvest. And the Han caravan that escaped the attack of horse thieves last year came again this year. The batch of goods took action. Da Han, you have also made a lot of money from Mongolia in the northern desert, right?"
Omubu wiped his sweat and didn't dare to answer Yue Tuo's words at all.
Yue Tuo said again: "The military situation is urgent, Benbeile must say goodbye. If five days later, the Khan cannot prepare 10,000 auxiliary soldiers to bring the livestock food that Benbeile just mentioned to the Zhangbei grassland and send it to our army camp, then our army will not enter the Ming Dynasty, but come to Naturalization to ask for food and salary. As a human being, remember to be grateful. Two years ago, this naturalization was still in the hands of Lin Danhan. Dahan, you must always remember who helped you regain Naturalization."
After saying that, Yue Tuo stood up and said goodbye.
When Yue offered Guihua City, Omubu yelled angrily: "The Jurchen wild dog is too much! This is a robbery for us as Ming people! I borrowed it last year but it has not been paid back, so I borrowed it again this year!"
"Stop the anger of the Great Khan!" Yue Tou's spy was arranged by the naturalized spy, Gu Luge, quickly stepped forward to advise, "Khan, our Tumote tribe is not a match for the Dajin at all. If you don't agree to Mr. Beile, when the Dajin army arrives, more than 100,000 people in Tumote will be in trouble!"
Chapter completed!