Chapter 912 908 [Batur's helplessness]

  Huang Yao led his army to a mountain basin in Yushu, looked at the scattered goats, and the dead horses on the ground, and was confused for a long time.

  Han is gone!

   Brutely running and killing a large number of horses, before Huang Yao arrived, he returned to the Mongolian garrison first, and ran away with his troops.

   "Is this abandoning Kang Zang?" Huang Yao was surprised by the opponent's decisiveness. From this point of view, Handu is definitely number one.

   Se Chin Nai said: "General, Handu is a very tough person. He would rather die than give up his territory."

  Huang Yao was silent for a moment, the situation he was most worried about appeared. Fangliang Road has been stretched to 2,000 miles, but the enemy commander is still running, and he does not fight head-to-head with himself at all.

  If we continue to move forward, there will definitely not be enough people to transport grain, and the grain road will inevitably be more dangerous.

  Huang Yao encountered the embarrassment of Zhu Di's expedition to Mobei. He spent countless money and food to come, but he could not find the shadow of the enemy. This battle was destined to become an armed parade.

  South foot of Kunlun Mountains.

   "Father, are we leaving like this?" Sermo asked.

Handu explained: "The battle of Qinghai is the key, and we have to help them fight. If we can defeat the Han army in Qinghai, it will not be too late to return to Kham to fight. If we cannot defeat the Han army in Qinghai, we will win the Han army in Kham." It’s useless, and you will definitely be caught between two sides in the end.”

  Selemo asked: "What if we lose in Qinghai?"

  Handu said: "When you go to Qinghai, you must preserve your strength. Fight if you can, and run if you can't. If you lose, gather more troops and leave Qinghai for Hami!"

  Sermo stopped talking, feeling that his father was too cowardly, how could he give up Kham without a real fight?

  Handu was also suffering. He had been luring the enemy to go deeper, but Huang Yao was advancing steadily, not giving him a chance to sneak attack at all. I only have a few thousand cavalry in my hand, how can I compete head-on with the Han army in the mountains?

   It can only be said that the Handu has not expanded at this time.

  Historically, after another twenty years, Handu's strength will grow even stronger. He exclusively enjoyed the profits from the ancient tea-horse road, refused to send taxes to the Mongolian nobles in Qinghai, and had a complete falling out with Lhasa. Moreover, they repeatedly invaded Lijiang and extorted violently in Kham. At the same time, it offended the forces of Manchu, Mongolia, and Tibet, and fought against all surrounding forces at the same time, and even an uprising of Tibetan nobles broke out inside.

  In the end, Kandu wiped out the Manchu sent army, but was killed by the Mongolian nobles.

  …

  North Road Army, the coach is Jiang Liang.

   Nearly 40,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians surrounded Xining.

  The commander of the Xining Guard of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Tingjian, was already old and sick at this time, and his son Qi Xingzhou was in charge of all military and political affairs.

   "Father, fight or surrender?" Qi Xingzhou asked.

Qi Tingjian lay on the hospital bed and said weakly: "Surrender, you can't expect the Mongol Tartars to come to rescue. Surrender quickly, donate all the land, and help the court divide the land and the people, otherwise our Qi family will be finished." .”

  Qi Tingjian himself is a descendant of Mongolia, but he called the Oirat Mongols who occupy Qinghai the Tartars.

  Qi Xingzhou asked: "Are the other generals willing?"

   "Whether they like it or not, you go to Kaesong and ask for surrender." Qi Tingjian said.

  The Qi family is essentially the chieftain of Xining. The real commander of the Xining guards is Han Chinese, and most of the military households moved from Jianghuai.

  When Li Zicheng's troops came to kill, all the Han generals surrendered. Only Qi Tingjian and Lu Yinchang, the two Mongolian chieftains, were loyal to Ming Dynasty.

  Lu Yinchang died for the Ming Dynasty, Qi Tingjian was defeated and fled, and historically he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. But in this time and space, Qi Tingjian took advantage of the Datong Army's absence and recaptured Xining and appointed himself as the commander. On the one hand, he professed his minister to Gushi Khan, and on the other hand, he professed his minister to the Datong court. As a buffer force, the court has never conscripted.

   Now, the imperial court sent troops to kill, and Qi Ting had to surrender if he did not surrender.

  The gates of the city were wide open, and Qi Xingzhou went out to greet him on his knees, and carried out Qi Tingjian, who was seriously ill.

  The rest of the Han generals can only follow and surrender.

  The military household system is still in use here. Once the Datong army is surrendered, it means that the generals will lose their land, and they will inevitably lose the military households who are like serfs.

Qi Xingzhou knelt on the ground and shouted: "Xining soldiers and civilians are all looking forward to the imperial court sending troops, and now they have finally got their wish. The imperial court's land administration is really good governance that has never been seen in ancient times. The Qi family is willing to donate all the land to help the imperial court divide the good land. with the people!"

   "Willing to dedicate the land and distribute it to the people!"

  The rest of the generals also shouted, and cried after shouting. It was the land accumulated by their ancestors for generations.

Jiang Liang sneered and said, "It's cheap for you bastards. There is an order from the imperial court that each family of the old Ming generals in Xining can take away five carts of goods. It can be loaded with silver or grain, but only five carts are allowed to be taken away. The frame has been prepared for you, load it and leave immediately, and report to Lanzhou within a month. The Lanzhou government will arrange a place for you to go to Shanxi or Hebei to settle down and divide the land!"

   "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

  The generals wanted to cry but had no tears. They surrendered the city and land, but they could only take away five carts of goods, and they had to kneel and kowtow to thank for not killing.

  Temporary family separation is not acceptable, it must be counted by family.

   It is said that five carts of property can be taken away, but they are all big families. How much can each person get after sharing?

  After dealing with these officers, Jiang Liang let the military officials enter the city to calm the people, and sent a small group of cavalry to the surrounding villages and towns to publicize the land administration of the New Dynasty of Datong along the way. Whether it is a Han military household or a Mongolian shepherd slave, all of them are free, and they can also share land and pastures.

  For a while, the common people cheered up and enthusiastically supported the imperial court.

   Immediately afterwards, troops were sent to Guide (Guide) and other thousand households, and all the surrounding old places of Ming Dynasty were recovered.

  Qin Liangyu's grandson, Ma Wannian, is now the commander of the Shaanxi Cavalry Division.

  He led more than 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and went straight to Dongke Temple by the Qinghai Lake, which is the largest temple in Qinghai.

  The abbot of Dongke Temple has been a guest in Nanjing for several years. Ma Wannian came with a letter from the abbot, urging the monks to release the slaves, and anyone who disobeyed would violate the abbot's order.

   As for the Mongolian tribes here, they have already run away with their livestock!

  Qinghai Badaiji led his followers and retreated all the way to Xingxiu Sea. I don't know if they met the old fairy Xingxiu.

  The boss, Ozier, is on his way from Tibet, so the sixth Batur has the final say here.

   "In my opinion, it's better to surrender, Nanjing Emperor Zhao is still very kind." Dai Qing, the second Chechen, was the first to speak. He had visited Zhao Han in Nanjing.

  The fifth elder, Yil Duqi, firmly opposed it, because his son was Handu who controlled Kham: "We can't surrender, everyone has seen Han envoys, and the Han emperor wants us to dedicate Kham."

  According to the arrangement of Gushri Khan, the taxes in the snow region were used to support monks, and the taxes in the Kham region were used to support Mongolian nobles. Once the Kham area is lost, the Mongolian nobles in Qinghai will lose their stable sources of income and food, and will only be able to make a living on the grasslands of Qinghai in the future.

   "The eldest brother is not here, so the sixth brother has an idea." The old nine Gonpo Chahun said, he didn't care anyway, all the children died, and he had no other ideas.

Batur said: "The Han army is really powerful. I heard that the 100,000 Mobei Mongolians were all defeated by the Han army. Even if we can win this year, what if the Han army comes every year? But it won't work if we don't fight. I The idea is to dodge as much as possible, not to fight head-on with the Han army, so that all the Han army will return in vain. If you encounter a good fighter, you can also fight a battle. After the Han army withdraws, send envoys to Nanjing for peace talks."

   "How to talk about peace?" asked the old ten Zashbatur.

Batur explained: "The Han emperor wants to cede part of Kham, but not Amdo (Yushu, Aba, Gannan, Tianzhu). As for Qinghai, Xining and other places, they are not ours. The Han people If the emperor wants to take it back, he can take it."

  In the Kham-Tibet region, the Mongolian tribes are not widely distributed, and the core areas are only Yushu, Aba, Gannan and Tianzhu. The rest of the territory is full of Tibetans, Qiangs, and Yis. The Mongols use force and religion to levy taxes on all ethnic groups.

  Yil Duqi shook his head again and again: "Cutting out so much at once will reduce the tribute tax in Kham by more than half. What will we live on in the future?"

  Batur said: "It is possible to live on Qinghai and Anduo alone. We can't be greedy for enjoyment."

  All the brothers are silent, they have long lost the will to fight, and only want to share more pastures and enjoy life. Kham was ceded out, and they still enjoyed the fart.

  Elder Seven Erdani Dai Qing said in a strange way: "As soon as the Han soldiers come, we will cede Kham. Why don't we give Qinghai as well, and you and I will take the troops to vote for the fourth brother."

  The fourth child was adopted to his uncle, and now he is nomadic in Tacheng, Xinjiang, and his territory also includes a part of the later Kazakhstan.

  Elder Elder said: "The Han people were also born and raised by their parents. They have flesh and blood. Why can't they win? In my opinion, if you fight hard, the Han soldiers won't dare to come again!"

  No one wants to lose support from Kham. In history, Handu occupied Kham and refused to provide taxes, so they were killed by these guys.

  A few brothers, most of them thought this way, and Batur felt very helpless.

  The big brother who only likes fighting and herding is not here at this time. The other brothers are all short-sighted, and usually care about everything for the pasture, Batur feels really tired.

  Before the Datong Army went to Qinghai, these brothers competed for the grassland, and there were several internal frictions. Now they are clamoring to fight against the Han army, but if there is a fight, they will not be able to work together at all, how can they fight if they preserve their strength?

  If the brothers could unanimously fight against the outside world, Batur would not want to cede territory for peace, and he would have led the army to fight against the Han soldiers.

   "Don't be in a hurry to call now, wait until the eldest brother comes."

   "Yes, wait for the elder brother to meet up."

   "Also, Handu from the fifth younger brother's family, let him quickly bring troops to support."

   "This battle can be fought, and the Han soldiers dare not come again."

   "..."

  Batur looked at his brothers with a depressed face, feeling only deep helplessness in his heart.

The meeting ended, and Dai Qing, the second Chechen, found Batur and said with great worry, "Sixth brother, I really can't win. I have been to Nanjing, and the Han people are very powerful. Not to mention the city wall of Nanjing, which is so high that you can touch the clouds, just The cities along the way are also unimaginably prosperous. The Han people in Xi’an alone are countless times more numerous than the Mongolian people in Qinghai.”

   "I know... Alas!" Batur sighed.

   When Gushhan conquered Qinghai-Tibet, he borrowed troops to kill them, and all the main forces were returned to others. They have only a few thousand members, and they have received more than 40,000 local Mongolian people.

  But the infant mortality rate on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is too high, and pregnant women have various dystocias.

  After many years of development and reproduction, the number of Mongolian tribes is less than 70,000. Even counting twelve or thirteen-year-old children, the number of troops that can be drawn out to fight is at most 30,000 to 40,000.

  The Datong Army does not need to win battles. As long as they go on a campaign every year and come a few more times, the population of Qinghai will drop sharply.

  (end of this chapter)