Cen Shen, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem: The Hanhai Sea is dry and icy, and the gloomy clouds are bleak and condensed. The "Hanhai" does not refer to the real sea, but to the desert, the Gobi Desert.

The Gobi Desert is one of the world's largest desert and semi-desert regions, it lies across the land of Central Asia, across China and Mongolia, about 3,500 miles long from east to west, 1,000 to 2,000 miles wide from north to south, with a total area of nearly 1.3 million square kilometers. Just imagine, the entire land area of China is only 9.6 million square kilometers, which means that the Gobi Desert is equivalent to one-seventh the size of China.

The Gobi Desert starts from the Great Khing'an Mountains in the east, reaches the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang in the west, reaches the Altai Mountains and the Hangai Mountains in Mongolia in the north, and reaches the Yinshan, Beishan and Altun Mountains in the south, that is to say, the Gobi is a long arc-shaped basin surrounded by mountains on all sides, the surface is mainly desert and bare rock, the skin graft is scarce, the wind and sand are dry all the year round, the climate is cold, and the environment is very harsh. There is no doubt that this is an abandoned land, not to mention humans, even wild animals, and there are very few people who can survive here.

Although it is the end of March in late spring, the temperature in the Gobi Desert is still extremely cold, even during the day it is below 10 degrees Celsius. Once a person loses his or her way, the chances of him coming out alive are very slim, and even if there is enough food and water, he may go crazy if he stays in this environment for a long time.

Saiyin Sanda is a rare oasis in the Gobi Desert, because there is a water source here, and at this moment I led more than 10,000 remnants of the army to hide here to survive.

It is said that on the morning of March 21, the decisive battle of the Khan Court, I answered the defeat, only led more than 20,000 horsemen to flee north, the Ming army pursued more than 100 miles and stopped the pursuit, however, at that time, I had become a bird with a frightened bow, although the Ming army did not chase, but he did not stop the pace of escape, but led the remnants of the army to escape for three days, to the Saiyin Shanda thousands of miles away before daring to stop and take a breath.

Saiyin Shanda is located in the boundless Gobi Desert, no one leads the way, the Ming army is unlikely to find here, I answered the frightened heart to finally settle down, but this way to escape, the men and horses under his command continue to slip away, and so on to Saiyin Shanda, actually ran most of the people, originally more than 20,000 people and horses, at this moment only 10,000 horses left, not ordinary tragedy.

It's no wonder, after all, there are many people in this world who can share the joy, but there are very few people who share the suffering, everyone is attached to him when I am in power, but he is the first to look forward, and now I have lost power, lost the Khan Court, lost all the cattle and sheep, want to eat without eating, to wear without wearing, is already a grasshopper after the autumn, who is willing to follow him to death? So all the people who could run ran away, and the people who were willing to follow him at the moment were all from Tumer's own department.

The wind and sand outside the tent whimpered, and I in the tent was borrowing wine to drown my sorrows, his eyes were blank, haggard, and he had completely lost the charm of the past. I answered that he was in his early twenties to dominate the Tatars, and once besieged the capital of the Ming Dynasty, almost breaking the national honor of the Ming Dynasty, and he could be regarded as a generation of male lords, but unfortunately he met Xu Jin, a demon, and he became a lost dog before he sat on the throne of the Great Khan.

Just as I replied depressedly sighed "both Shengyu, He Shengliang", a person walked into the tent, and it was the great shaman, this old man's face was mottled with wind and frost, and the old eyes of the vicissitudes of life quietly looked at the drunken Sata.

"The Great Shaman hasn't left yet?" I replied self-deprecatingly.

The Great Shaman staggered forward, sat down cross-legged across from Alta, and said in an old and hoarse voice, "If the mountain god had thought that there was an eagle more suitable to guard the Tatar land and its people, the old slave would not have appeared here." ”

I replied's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously sat up straight, he knew that the great shaman was not joking, and this old thing did not hesitate to abandon Da Lai Xun at the beginning, and turned to assist himself, so once this old thing felt that someone was more suitable to be a Tatar Great Khan, he would definitely not hesitate to give up his own.

I poured a glass of wine for the great shaman, and said lightly: "Could it be that at this time, the mountain god still thinks that Ben Khan is the most suitable to protect the land and people of Tatar?" ”

"That's right, there's no one better suited than you, Great Khan!" The Great Shaman's tone was affirmatively authentic.

I was stunned for a moment, and then said self-deprecatingly: "Ben Khan is about to become a loner now, Ben Khan is not Xu Jin's opponent, Ben Khan admits that he is afraid of him, he really deserves to be Xu Changsheng, no one can beat him." ”

The great shaman closed his eyes and said word by word: "The Han people have an ancient saying that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and if you lose this time, you will win back next time, not to mention the Great Khan and Batai." ”

"Yes, Ben Khan still has Batai, and there are 100,000 cavalry, and Ben Khan has not completely lost!" When it comes to Batai, I can't help but feel refreshed, Batai is the first fierce general under his seat, and there are 100,000 cavalry under his command, as long as Batai is called back, it is not impossible to make a comeback.

I finally regained some fighting spirit, he poured a glass of wine for the great shaman again, and said respectfully: "Does the great shaman have a clever plan to help Ben Khan defeat Xu Jin?" ”

"There is no eternal undefeated general in the world, people will make mistakes, Xu Jin is no exception, what the Great Khan has to do now is to recall Batai, preserve his strength and recuperate, and wait for Xu Jin to make mistakes." The hoarse voice of the great shaman seemed to have a magical power, and people couldn't help but prick up their ears and listen carefully.

I replied and frowned: "Ben Khan has already sent someone to recall Batai two days ago, but it's just ...... When will Xu Jin make a mistake? This son is cautious and cunning, what if he never makes mistakes? ”

"Great Khan, the most brilliant hunter must be patient, as long as Xu Jin can't find Great Khan, he will make a mistake sooner or later. Don't forget, this is the territory of our Tatars, the Ming people are outsiders, their soldiers will not adapt to the water and soil, will miss their hometown relatives, will consume a lot of food and money, and will inevitably change over time, and then the opportunity for the Great Khan will come. The great shaman said firmly: "The old slave estimates that this opportunity will not be too far away, and it will be clear in winter this year at the latest." ”

After listening to the analysis of the great shaman, the originally dark face became brighter and brighter, and suddenly felt like an initiation, yes, since he can't afford to fight, Ben Khan can't hide, the Tatar land is vast, Ben Khan and the Ming army slowly hide and seek, and so on to the winter, the Ming army naturally retreated without a fight, if Xu Jin insists on not retreating, then he may be able to seize the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

The more I thought about it, the more enthusiastic I became, but when I thought that my headquarters nest had been copied, the Khan Court had also been copied, and all the cattle and sheep had been lost, I had fallen into an ice cellar. You must know that cattle and sheep are the rations of the Tatars, which is the foundation of people's livelihood, without cattle and sheep, they will have to starve to death, so he promised to compare consumption with the Ming army, not to mention waiting until winter, it is estimated that he will be consumed to death in less than a month.

The Great Shaman seemed to see through my thoughts, and said in a hoarse voice: "The mountain god will give the Great Khan cattle and sheep and fine wine, and the key at present is that Batai can return safely to join the Great Khan." ”

I replied confidently: "Batai is unstoppable, the Ming army can't help him, Ben Khan is worried about the cattle and sheep, I wonder if the great shaman can tell me where the cattle and sheep given by the mountain god are?" ”

"As long as Batai comes back, the cattle and sheep will naturally be there!" The Great Shaman's tone was mysterious.

I replied that my heart was full of doubts, but I didn't ask any more questions, I just hoped that Batai would quickly lead 100,000 horsemen to come to the rendezvous, and then slowly rotate around with Xu Jin.

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On March 30 of the sixth year of Jiajing, Chahar Khan's court.

Ten days have passed since the decisive battle in the rain that day, the Xilin Gol steppe where the Khan's court is located has calmed down, and the identity of Isana is still very effective, and she came forward to appease the people and horses of the Tatar tribes, the effect is very significant, in just ten days, there are more than 20 Tatar tribes and tribes that came to surrender and depend, and the number is tens of thousands, but it saves the Ming army the effort of clearing them one by one.

Xu Jin was also very generous, allocating half of the million head of cattle and sheep he had captured to Isana, making her responsible for distributing them to the Tatar herders who came to take refuge, and allowing them to graze on designated pastures and resume production, but only on the condition that they pay taxes to the Ming army and hand over a certain amount of dairy products every day.

In addition, Xu Jin also distributed some of the cattle and sheep to the rescued Han slaves, giving them the same treatment as Tatar herdsmen, and paying a certain amount of milk products every day to tax credit to supply the needs of the army.

There are clouds in the art of war: eat the enemy for one minute, be me for twenty minutes, avoid the pole for one stone, and be my twenty stones. It was obvious that Xu Jin was going to eat the enemy, and this was also his first step in assimilating the Tatars, and with the help of Isana's identity, the resistance to the implementation of the plan could be greatly reduced.

At present, there are nearly 50,000 or 60,000 Han slaves who have been rescued, more than the Tatar herdsmen who have taken refuge in them, and the two live together for herds, and over time, it is difficult not to influence each other, and then implement the traditional Confucian education, and gradually instill the three views of the Han people in the Tatar herdsmen, and after several generations, I believe that the Tatars will also become Han people.

Although Isana is not smart enough, she is not stupid, and naturally she also thinks that it is inappropriate for Xu Jin to collect taxes from the Tatar people, but it seems that it is not too much for people to take out the cattle and sheep they have captured and distribute them to the herdsmen, and it seems that it is not too much to collect some dairy products for the army to eat, not to mention that I am still alive, and I have to rely on the Ming army before I am completely eliminated, so Isana has to turn a blind eye to Xu Jin's collection of taxes from the Tatar people, and adopts a tacit attitude.

So, Xu Jin used the banner of Mentu and Isana to implement the colonial system in the Tatar territory, of course, the initial method was still very hidden, it is estimated that when Isana comes to his senses, I am afraid it will be too late.