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Chapter 402 The army gathers in Moxi

The three Khalkha Khans had already sent troops, and Mongolia in northern Moon dispatched more than 100,000 troops to drive towards the grasslands in western Moon. The three Khalkha Khans had to send troops, and they understood that once Ezhe was captured or killed, the demise of the three Khalkha Khans was not far from the demise.

Li Guodong took one hundred elite soldiers to take one step ahead without stopping at night, and one hundred elite soldiers to take one person and three horses at night. He kept running without stopping, and rushed to the Chahar tribe in the grassland of the west of the desert at a speed of 180 miles a day.

Ye Bucheng, who had been sent by Han Dashan, patrolled the north bank of the Yellow River. When he met Li Guodong, Xu Qingliang sent a hammer back to report the news and met Li Guodong in Wuliang Suhai.

"Xiao Xu, does Jiannu send troops to attack the Chahar tribe in western Mo?" As soon as he saw Xu Qingliang, Li Guodong asked. What he was most concerned about was the situation of the Chahar tribe. With the more than 10,000 people under Ezhe and the 300 cavalry he supported to Ezhe, could he block the Qing army? The number of Chahar tribe was too small, even if only 20,000 Korqin people came, they could not resist it.

"Return to the lord! Our army has defeated the Korqin Tartars!" Xu Qingliang bowed and replied. Although his face was serious, Li Guodong saw an indescribable joy on his face, so he knew that Ezhe must have won with the cooperation of Han Dashan.

"How many people have come to the Korchin Tartars? How do you defeat them?"

"More than 30,000 people came, we led them into the dry grassland without snow, burning at least half of them, and less than one-third of them escaped."

Li Guodong was overjoyed: "Didn't this destroy more than 20,000 Korqin Tartars? Good! Great! Those who are good at using soldiers, everything in nature can be used for soldiers, water, fire, terrain, and weather, which are the keys to victory. If the Korqin Tartars are attacked with fire, they are indeed fighting beautifully!"

"Lord, the Korqin Tartars were seriously injured in this battle and were temporarily unable to attack the Chahar tribe. What Bei Zhi was worried about is that General Li Hong would not know how long it would last? If naturalization is lost, Jiannu and Korqin Tartars, and Han fake slaves joined forces to attack the Chahar tribe, I am afraid that no matter how we help, we will be unable to make the situation happen."

"The three Khalkha Khans have sent troops. I will ask you to go back to Shabeigou and transfer the chariot camp and infantry. We will join forces again and we will definitely defeat the enemy."

Li Guodong followed Xu Qingliang and the others across the frozen Yellow River and came to the Chahar tribe.

Ezhe, who learned in advance that Li Guodong arrived, brought the Chahar Khan cavalry to greet him outside the camp.

"General Li comes to our army again, welcome!" Ezhe went up, "This time the Jurchens attacked the Chahar army again. If General Li had not sent elite soldiers to rescue me, I am afraid I, Ezhe, would have been taken to Liaodong now."

Li Guodong knew that Ezhe in real history. After being taken to Liaodong, Huang Taiji married his twelve-year-old second daughter, Princess Wenzhuang of Gulun, Makata, to Ezhe, to win the hearts of the people. However, Ezhe died not long after, and was only twenty years old when he died. After Ezhe died, his half-brother, Lin Dankhan's posthumous son Abunai was named the Mongolian Khan by the Qing Dynasty, but later, Abunai was hanged by the Qing Dynasty.

As for Tumot Khan, Omubu, did not have a good end in real history. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he was soon deposed and the Jurchen Guluge replaced Tumot Khan. In short, except for the early surrender of the Jurchen Modong Mongolia, the Chahar tribe and the Tumot tribe both ended up in a miserable way. And the Khalkha Mongols, because the Qing Dynasty could not stretch out that long, the control was very weak, so they did not suffer.

After entering the golden tent, the group of people took their seats to separate the guests, Li Guodong comforted Ezhe and said, "Ezhe Khan, you don't have to worry. The three Khalkha Khans have sent troops, and Tumot Khan will also bring troops to rescue him. Don't worry this time, we can still cooperate like last time and work together to defeat Jiannu!"

Ezhe asked worriedly: "General Li, the last time our coalition defeated Jiannu, the Tiantian helped us. Because of the hot climate, the Jurchen heavy armored cavalry was unbearable and its combat effectiveness decreased. However, our army's light armored cavalry just played a role, and our army had the help of his subordinates to cut off the Jurchen food route, which made us lucky to win. If the weather is cold today, it is conducive to the performance of the Jurchen heavy armored cavalry, and there are also the full Eight Banners firearms to cooperate in combat. If the Korqin traitors assisted the Jurchen people, will our five coalitions still have a chance to win?"

"There are ways to play with hot weather, and the cold weather has ways to play with cold weather. It is cold and the ground is frozen and snowy, so we have our own way to defeat the enemy." Li Guodong picked up the wine glass.

The so-called cold climate is Li Guodong's car camp. All sleds can walk like the wind in the snow and ice. Moreover, the sleds carry a large load, and a large number of infantry and firearm soldiers can follow the car camp. This is the advantageous aspect of winter combat.

He Xing, who was sent back to the shunting camp, had already taken Cheying from Shabeigou with Cheying. The sled car camp left the hamlet and walked west along the frozen river. The war horses led the sled and walked like the wind on the ice. Soon they entered the Yellow River from the Rabbit Massacre, crossed the Yellow River along the frozen river, and came to the south bank of the Yellow River in Hetao Grassland. Then Cheying passed through the snow and walked northwest. There was a section of the road ahead without snow. Cheying needed to enter the Yellow River and go to the western desert grassland on the ice.

The 100,000 reinforcements sent by the three Khalkha khans and 10,000 cavalry of the Tumot tribe were also rushing back from the north of the Mo. It had been half a distance, and in another five days, it would be possible to meet with the Chahar tribe.

At the same time, in the city of Guihua.

After Li Hong announced the matter of preparing to open the city and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, most of the people remained silent. After all, the people of this era did not have much national consciousness, and it was not their business that surrendered to them. Most of the defenders here were Han Chinese herd slaves. They were originally Han people who could not survive in northern Shaanxi. Because their hometown was disaster, they were forced to flee to the frontier and were taken in by the Tumote tribe. They became a herd slave. They were also attracted by Li Hong and recruited to the army and became a Tumote soldier.

But there were also many people who opposed surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, and those who refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty were talking about it.

"General, we fought well, why should we surrender to Jiannu?"

"If you want to surrender, you will surrender. I won't surrender to Jiannu anyway!"

"I heard that the surrendered Jiannu wanted to shave his hair and change his clothes! I don't want to shave my hair!"

"Yes, the Mongolians didn't let us shave our hair and change our clothes. Why did Jiannu ask us to shave our hair?"

Li Hong opened his voice and said, "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me."

After all, Li Hong has a high prestige among the Han Chinese herd slaves. As soon as he spoke, the people who were talking were silent.

"My brothers, we have been fighting Jiannu for almost a month, and the food and grass in the city are insufficient. If we continue to fight, the Qing army will slaughter the city after the city is broken. I surrender to the Qing Dynasty to give you a way out. As for the issue of shaving your hair, as long as you are unwilling to join the banner, you can follow me to the Duoyan grassland as the Tumote tribe. As long as you don't enter the banner, you don't have to shave your hair and leave your braids. And I, Supud, must shave your hair and leave your braids in the banner, so that you can ensure your safety."

Li Hong's words made people talk again, and this time, there were even fewer voices of opposition. Li Hong could not tell everyone that he was a fraudulent surrender.

Zhang Wei, who was mixed in the crowd, said: "Brothers, I am a Han Chinese like you. We can not join the banner and follow General Subude to the Duoyan Grassland as the Tumote tribe. If someone wants to go home in the future, we will find another opportunity to sneak away. If the heroes don't suffer any loss in front of us, we should survive first."

Heishi, a special agent of the personal guards who followed Zhang Wei, said: "I am willing to follow General Subud into the flag. Once we enter the flag, our status will be higher. So what if we shaved our hair and changed our clothes? You don't want it, but we brothers are willing."
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