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A large number of serfs were released, and the Datong Army supported food and soldiers, which caused the military strength of Badali to soar.In the case of being besieged, not only did he not lose the wind, he even expanded some territory. He has a cavalry force of 6000.

"Da da da da!"

Badali led the soldiers under his command and soon collided with the enemy's vanguard.

The two sides stopped far away, and came to negotiate on a fast horse: "We are not here to be enemies with your ministry, please let us pass through here, Khalkha Mongolia is our common enemy!"

Hearing this, Badalley immediately laughed, understanding what these guys were up to.

Khalkha's [-] troops pursued towards the east.The main force of Horqin's various ministries, however, circled a large circle from the northwest and went straight into the Jalut tribe that had already surrendered to Khalkha.

Badalley said: "If you think about it, you can go there. When you come back, I will collect a thousand sheep to make road gold."

"Yes!" The other party readily agreed.

After the leading troops passed by, the follow-up troops arrived soon, and there were more than 2 cavalry in total.However, the equipment was poor, most of the cavalry did not wear armor, and there were many old people and children-due to years of fighting, the young and strong of Horqin's various ministries suffered heavy casualties.

More than 2 Horqin cavalry took advantage of the territory of Badali to quickly attack the pastures of the Zalut Department.

Most of the young and strong members of the Jalut tribe followed the Khalkha expedition, and those who remained were basically old, weak, women and children.Facing more than 2 Horqin cavalry, they were completely powerless to parry, and those who could ride horses fled to the west of the mountains.

"Run!"

"Leave none, kill them all!"

The Horqin cavalry fought in raids, and they really didn't need prisoners, they just slashed at them if they saw a living person.

After raiding the old nest of the Jalut Department, the Horqin cavalry continued to move forward and raided the Left Banner and Right Banner of Bahrain.Along the way, the old and weak, women and children were hacked to death, and they took the stolen livestock over the remaining veins of the Greater Khingan Mountains, and went straight to the Xilin Gol Grassland.

In this way, not only Khalkha, who had returned to the army, was in vain, but also Badali's tolls were not received.

Immediately, the Horqin cavalry headed north and crossed the river valley from the Xing'an League area.

Chahun Dorji led the army to chase all the way, only to see the robbed Zalut and Bahrain departments, and even Xilin Gol was robbed of two pastures.

"Bastard, how dare you tease me like this!"

Chahun Dorji led his troops in pursuit, and he was dumbfounded when he chased into the mountains of the Xing'an League.Earth walls were built in several river valley passages, and the Khalkha cavalry had to dismount and "siege" the city.

"Cut down trees, build ladders, I want to level this place!"

Chahun Dorji no longer cared about the casualties, he just wanted to let out a bad breath.

The earth wall is not high, only two meters, but Khalkha Mongolian soldiers are really not good at siege warfare.And no matter how many there are, they can't be deployed in the river valley. The extra soldiers can only stand far away, throwing bows and arrows towards the earth wall.

Inside and outside the earth wall, arrows were flying all over the sky. On the first day of the battle, hundreds of Khalkha soldiers were killed or injured.

As the defender, the Horqin army faced the same difficult situation.

"Sweat, sweat, it's not good!"

"Say!"

"We retreated to the north bank of the Nen River, and tens of thousands of Khalkha soldiers chased them. The tribes are continuing to retreat north, but sooner or later they will be overtaken by the enemy."

If a large number of people evacuate with all their belongings, they will leave traces on the grassland, and the marks of vehicles and livestock are difficult to erase.

Horqin gathered the main force to sneak attack on the enemy's garrison, and Khalkha also divided his troops to pursue Horqin's tribe.

On the north bank of the Nen River, there are Hong Guoer's people and all his property.

Hong Guoer said anxiously: "We can't continue to entangle, let in the enemies outside the earthen wall, and lure them into a more dangerous valley to ambush them!"

Another day passed, the defenders obviously released water, and Khalkha's offense quickly had an effect.

One Khalkha soldier after another chased them out over the earthen wall, and the Horqin soldiers were beaten and fled.Khalkha soldiers carried logs again, knocked down several earthen walls, and led their horses through the ruined walls.

Just when the whole army was about to chase after them on horseback, Chahun Dorji looked at the valley in front of him: "Blow the trumpet and send orders, the whole army advances slowly, send more soldiers to explore, and don't fall into the enemy's ambush. The enemy's defeat is very strange, It doesn't look like it's broken."

Chapter 787 [Each votes for each mother, each finds each father]

Between Daqing and Qiqihar, there is a pasture with crisscross rivers and interlaced lakes.

This place originally belonged to the territory of Durbert Mongolia. After several years of fighting, the two banners of Durbert have been divided by Horqin Mongolia.The leaders of the two banners were all beheaded, and Horqin Mongolia separated Taiji (prince) to rule.

Now, Horqin's main force has gone to the west to attack, and Hongguoer and Manzhu Xili's tribe, with their wealth, livestock and food, all retreated to this grassland.

"Jinong (Deputy Khan, Prince), the traces ahead are getting newer and fresher, and the enemy's troops must be not far away."

"Give up the logistics and supplies, leave 3000 escorts, and the rest follow me at full speed!"

Darhan gave an order and led more than 4 cavalry, abandoning the logistics and moving forward at full speed.And the troops were divided into two groups, all the way to the north along the Nen River, and all the way to bypass the Lianhuan Hubei.

The autumn of Lianhuan Lake is very beautiful, the clear lake water reflects the blue sky, and there are reeds undulating in the wind everywhere around the lake.There are still many unharvested wheat fields that are billowing with smoke, and the Horqin people also burned the wheat that could not be taken away.Continuing to the north, there is a large Populus euphratica forest. The golden leaves of Populus euphratica are reflected in the lake like a paradise.

However, neither the chasing nor the fleeing parties were in the mood to enjoy this beautiful scenery.

It was a woman named "Bo Li" who fled with Horqin's followers.One of her daughters (Da Yuer) was married to Huang Taiji; her other daughter was married to Dorgon.

"Second concubine, second concubine, the enemy is coming!"

Bo Li's title in the Qing Dynasty was "Second Concubine Horqin".There is also a "Concubine Horqin", Bo Li's mother-in-law, who has already died of illness.

Bo Li is an old woman. She reined in her horse and looked behind her: "I can't escape. We have too many cattle, sheep, chariots and horses, and we can't outrun the enemy's cavalry. We shouldn't miss the wheat here, and we shouldn't covet the comfort here. It's time to continue to retreat north. Take up your arms and prepare to fight."

"Da da da da!"

The Khalkha cavalry on the way north along the Nen River took the lead in catching up with the Horqin tribe.

4000 cavalry, against tens of thousands of old and weak women and children, and more than [-] Han slaves.

Darhan ordered: "Don't kill young women, don't kill young children, don't kill Han Chinese slaves, kill all the rest!"

The [-] Khalkha cavalry began to disperse and outflank, shooting arrows towards the periphery of the Horqin tribe along the way.

Bo Li led a group of aristocratic women, armed with weapons, ready to fight for their lives.

Seeing that they were surrounded on all sides, the members of many small tribes put down their weapons without any resistance.And those thousands of Han Chinese slaves lay on the ground directly, anyway, they are the same whoever wins or loses.

"Woooooo~~~~"

The rumbling horn sounded, and the Khalkha cavalry began to charge.After two consecutive waves of charges everywhere, Horqin's troops collapsed before they could meet the enemy, because they were not soldiers in the first place.

Team after team of Khalkha cavalry charged and divided the Horqin tribe, and began to kill all living people except young women, young children and Han Chinese slaves.

Because Bo Li was too old, he was hacked to death as soon as they met each other.

Among the noble women who followed her, all the old ones were dead, while those with gray hair were tied up.

It took only an hour for the battle to be completely over.

"Jinong, the interrogation is clear. These are Hong Guoer's wife and daughter-in-law. Over there are Manzhu Xili's wife and daughter-in-law." A military officer brought more than 20 women to report.

Darhan glanced at them, pointed at the two women with decaying beauty and said, "Kill them."

Since the woman of the leader of Horqin has lost her beauty, she can only be killed, and it is impossible to reward her subordinates.As for those who are still beautiful, even if they are pregnant, of course they are distributed to the Nuoyans of Khalkha Mongolia.

Darhan rode forward, pointed to a beautiful woman and asked, "Who are you?"

The beautiful woman didn't answer, but the officer before said, "She is the daughter-in-law of Manzhu Xili."

Darhan glanced at his slightly swollen belly and asked, "Pregnant?"

The beautiful woman finally said, "Khan, please forgive me."

"I'm not Great Khan, I'm Khalkha Deputy Khan," Darhan said, "If you are willing to follow me, I will protect your safety. I will raise the child in your womb as my own."

"Thank you Vice Khan for your kindness!" The beautiful woman knelt down to thank her.

Grassland warfare is the same thing, snatching women, snatching children, snatching livestock, and snatching slaves.Ordinary young and strong can be kept, but the leaders of the various ministries will basically die, unless the leader has not completely failed and surrendered with his tribe before the defeat.

Darhan made another round of selection, and unexpectedly picked a middle-aged woman.

After a question, it turned out to be a concubine full of pearls and rituals.Immediately accepted it, and took the nominal mother-in-law and daughter-in-law back together to be his wives.

It is not easy for him to continue to pick, and the rest will be sent to Chahun Dorji, and handed over to the Great Khan of Khalkha for unified distribution.

The thousands of captured Han slaves temporarily acted as civilian husbands, responsible for escorting women, children, livestock and food.

These Khalkha cavalry, with countless prisoners, turned west and continued to look for the main force of Horqin.

west.

Horqin's main force, due to the failure of the ambush, retreated all the way north to the mountainous area west of Qiqihar with the Horqin Right Front Banner's troops and livestock.

It is possible to continue to retreat, but the final outcome must be to drill into the Greater Khingan Mountains.

Several leaders, gloomy, scolded the eighteen generations of Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Dorgon, and Zhao Han's ancestors countless times.

Going back 30 or [-] years, whether it is the Chahar tribe or their Horqin tribe, they can beat the Khalkha Mongolia in Mobei.It was because of the repeated tossings of the Manchu and Datong courts that led to the rapid decline of Monan Mongolia, and now they are being chased and beaten by Mobei Mongolia as their grandson.

The huge Horqin Grassland, even if it is now unanimously external, has a combined strength of less than [-] troops, half of which are still scumbags.

Lama Shixi couldn't help but said: "Why don't the whole family surrender to Khalkha."

Manzhu Xili's face was cold, and he retorted: "It's not that you haven't seen Khalkha's envoy to surrender, that bastard Chahun Dorji, who threatened to be the Great Khan of all Mongolia and wanted to be the second Genghis Khan. How powerful the Datong Army is? We have already learned how powerful the Datong Army is. Now that we have surrendered to Khalkha, what should we do if the Datong Army calls in the future? Chahun Dorji’s old nest is in Mobei, and we But the pasture is in the Horqin Grassland. The Han emperor sends troops, and he will be the first to attack us!"

Hong Guoer said: "Even if you want to surrender, you should surrender to the Han emperor. It is better to accept the conditions of the Han people and spit out the territory annexed in the past two years. The entire Horqin grassland is divided into ten guards, and we will honestly serve as the guards of the Han court in the future." commander."

Lama Shixi complained incessantly, but it was easy for you to surrender, and the territory is next to the Han people.Lao Tzu's territory is the first to bear the brunt. The next time Khalkha Mongols come to attack, I must be the first to fight!

After retreating for two consecutive days, Horqin's main force retreated into the mountains again, planning to use the terrain to fight against the Khalkha army.

At the same time, Hongguoer and Manzhu Xili sent spies to Qiqihar to find out the whereabouts of their clansmen.

One evening, the sentinel galloped back and brought a shocking news.

In order to snatch the wheat around the Lianhuan Lake, the tribes who were supposed to retreat north quickly were delayed there for a few days and were taken away by the Khalkha cavalry.

Hong Guoer, who was already old, fell ill immediately after receiving the news.

Hong Guoer called Manzhu Xili to discuss: "Let's stop arguing, it's about the survival of Horqin as a whole. I will entrust you with the seat of the Great Khan. My sons will also obey your orders." I'm sick now, I'm afraid I won't live long. Immediately take the army, cross the Xing'an Mountains, and go south from the west. Go to join the Han people, and you can agree to any conditions. You must use the Datong Army to take back our pastures and us clan and property!"

When the two were discussing countermeasures, the news had already spread in the army.

On that night, the leaders of many small tribes led the army to escape by night.Although they belonged to the Horqin tribe, they had been separated for many years, each occupying a pasture.

Now, their clansmen were arrested, and they hurried over to seek refuge in Khalkha, and they could get back their clansmen and some of their property.They are just small tribal leaders. If they sincerely seek refuge, Khalkha Mongols are willing to accept them, and they may even take the opportunity to expand the grassland.

"Father, are we really leaving?"

"If you don't leave now, it will be too late!"

Lama Shixi, one of Horqin's three major powers, even thought of taking refuge in Khalkha.His tribe and property are still in his hands. As long as he puts them into effect first, most of them can be kept. At most, his residence and grassland will be replaced, and he will live in a poorer place. It will not be so prosperous in the future.

at night.

Small tribes kept leaving on horseback, and when Lama Shixi's tribe set off, it suddenly became more noisy and chaotic.

The sick Hongguoer sat up in shock, called his son and asked, "Khalka killed?"

"I don't know." The son replied in panic.

Not long after, Manzhu Xili ran over in a panic: "Sir Shixi led his people away, and he must join the enemy with his family. Let's go too, or we will be besieged if we don't leave, we will immediately cross Xing'an Mountains and head south!"

The place where they retreated and garrisoned was already far to the north, and there was only a narrow river valley that could cross the Xing'an Mountains to the west. When they walked out of the mountains, they were almost at the Hulun Buir Grassland.

To the southwest of Qiqihar, Lama Shixi brought his tribe and family to vote.

"Hahahaha!"

Chahun Dorji, who dreamed of becoming Genghis Khan, laughed out of complacency: "Walk south and attack Badali!"

The forces in the entire Horqin Grassland have either fled or been conquered, leaving only Badari who is a dog for the Datong Army.

Chahun Dorji brazenly sent troops to destroy Badalee, which was tantamount to declaring war on the Han court.

Badali was not stupid. Seeing that Hong Guoer and others were being chased farther and farther away, he already felt that something was wrong.When Khalkha's army sent troops to attack him, Badali had already led his troops to Chifeng.

We can't beat you, can't we still run?

There are Han fathers in Chifeng, so come here if you are awesome.Sun thief, I can't kill you!

Chapter 788 [I don't want to leave]

Xilamulun River means "Yellow River" in Mongolian.

It is the source of the Xiliao River, so it is also called Liaoshui and Daliaoshui.

"Great Khan, you can't go further south!" Darhan remonstrated on the north bank of the Xilamulun River.

Chahun Dorji pulled the reins, looked at the wide river ahead, and at the boundless army and livestock behind, and said proudly: "The army of more than [-] has not fought any tough battles yet, so why should they just disperse like this? "

Morgan is also dissuading: "Great Khan, we sent troops this time to conquer the tribes of Horqin. This goal has been achieved, and the Bahrain and Jarut tribes have been conquered. The rest of the tribes must either surrender or flee. Even if The fleeing tribes, clansmen and livestock were also captured by us. We robbed so many pastures, livestock, people, slaves and food, we should accept it as soon as it is good, why must we go south to provoke the Han people?"