Chapter 757 Indian filial son, loving father of the Qing Dynasty
It is the season of autumn and coolness, and even the sky is extraordinarily blue and clear, without a trace of floating clouds, and it seems that you can see through the sky and look at the nine heavens from afar. The grasslands have turned the color of gold, and there is no boundless, except for the small yurts dotted here and there. Occasionally, sheep and horses can be seen, moving slowly on the slopes. The whole world is extraordinarily peaceful and serene, as if it is independent of this chaotic world.
On the official road leading east from the famous city of Naturalization on the Monan grassland to the newly established Mulan (Manchu deer) paddock, there is a rather large caravan of chariots, horses and camels. Horse-drawn carts, with bundles of goods on them. On the backs of camels, they also carried large bags of things. On top of each cart sat two coachmen dressed as Mongolians. They were all quite sturdy men, with Manchurian braids on the back of their heads. One of them carried an arquebus on his shoulder, which he did not know whether it had been imported from Japan or produced in the Qing Dynasty, while the other carried a bow and arrow. Looks pretty lean. The camels were driven by dark-skinned, thin-skinned Indians, wrapped in turbans and thick cotton clothes, shivering in the autumn wind.
In addition to these Mongols and Indians, who drove the camels, there were also large groups of cavalry and infantry marching on the left and right sides of the convoy and camel caravans. Among them, walking to the left of the convoy and camel caravan were half Mongolian, half were officers and soldiers with white flags, and half of the officers and soldiers with white flags were on horseback and half on foot. Neither the Mongols nor the people with white flags wore armor.
And to the right of the convoy and camel caravan were all knights, and there were not many of them, so only one column was listed. These knights were all dressed in the Western Regions or Persia, and they were all wearing chain mail with large pieces of iron hanging on them, and judging by their appearance, they were like Western Regions or Persians, with very white skin, a high nose bridge, sunken eye sockets, and some of them still had blue eyes. These white-skinned, high-nosed, blue-eyed creatures are the legendary "Indo-Mongols", who followed Prince Aurangzeb, the number one warrior of Hindustan's Timurid Empire, to the north with priceless tribute to the Mongol headquarters to meet the Great Khan of Mongolia, Eyer Zasak Khan, the little emperor of Shunzhi.
This Prince Aurangzeb was not at all "not Mongolian" and certainly not "Indian", with white skin, a tall and pointed nose, a well-trimmed beard, sunken and large eyes, and a very wise look.
On the way from Tibet, he was carefully observing the Great Mongolia in front of him.
At this time, Shunzhi ruled a rather vast empire! The Indian Ocean can be seen to the southwest, the North Pacific Ocean to the northeast, and Siberia to the northwest and north. It is a little worse to the south, accounting for only half of the Central Plains.
This is, of course, the territory on the books, something "since ancient times", not necessarily actual control. But the territory actually controlled is not small, and even Sakhalin Island has the Qing Dynasty's heavenly soldiers to resist the Japanese......
But the vast territory is full of desolation, and all you see along the way are plateaus and snowy regions, deserts and grasslands, and only a little shadow of prosperity is seen in Guihua City. However, compared to India, which is full of oil and water, this great Mongolian country is really too poor.
But as sand. The most resourceful and skilled son of Jahan, Prince Aurangzeb never believed that military power and wealth could be equated, otherwise his ancestor Babur would not have been able to conquer northwestern India. And he himself could not have been defeated on an expedition to the Uzbek Khanate.
And the revived Great Mongolia in front of him is indeed very set militarily in the eyes of Prince Aurangzeb!
The country's army seems to have a good mix of nomadic and firearms armies, and infantry and cavalry. How the Uzbeks met them, there was only one way to die - to play nomadic warfare, the Great Mongolia is the ancestor! When it comes to tough battles, the Mongol infantry armed with pikes and arquebuses looks very difficult to deal with, and the cavalry armed with muskets looks very powerful...... They were perhaps not cavalry, but mounted muskets, because the muskets they carried on their backs were very large and were supposed to be used by the infantry. However, they also carried mounted spears, which also seemed to be used as cavalry. However, their horses were a little worse, far inferior to the Indo-Folded, Persian, and Arabian horses.
Prince Aurangzeb compared his "Indo-Mongol Heavenly Soldiers" with the "Mongol Heavenly Soldiers" along the way, and finally came to the conclusion that the "Mongol Great Qing Heavenly Soldiers" seemed to be more powerful...... It's hard to say how big it is, so it depends on whose cannon is powerful? But to fight a protracted and all-out war, the "Mongolian Qing Heavenly Soldiers" should be a very difficult opponent to deal with!
A hurried sound of horses' hooves interrupted Prince Aurangzeb's thoughts, and when the prince looked up, he saw Prince Azig of the Great Mongolia coming with a few personal soldiers wearing white armor, and when he arrived at Prince Aurangzeb, he gently pulled the reins, and the war horse under his crotch was very spiritual, turned slightly sideways, dissolved some inertia, and then stopped steadily.
The two horses stood with their heads intersected, Azig's horse was a short Mongolian horse, and Prince Aurangzeb rode a slender Persian horse, a head higher than Azig's! Moreover, Prince Aurangzeb himself is taller than Azig, with a tall and large horse on one side and a short horse on the other...... No matter how you look at it, it's not coordinated!
Prince Aurangzeb looked down at the Mongol prince, smiled gently, and said in a fluent Mongolian dialect: "Uncle Khan, how far are we from the court of the Great Khan?" ”
Azig craned his neck and looked at this "white Mongolian" who spoke Mongolian fluently, and then looked at other people's horses, why did they all grow so big? What kind of seed is this? Is it really a descendant of Genghis Khan?
He put away the doubts in his heart, and said to Prince Aurangzeb with a smile in Mongolian: "The Khan's court is 200 miles away, and there are still three days to go...... His Royal Highness the Prince arrived at the right time, if it was a month late, the Great Khan would have to go to Dadu for the winter, which was the capital of the Great Khan on the border of the Han people. ”
How can the Great Khan of Mongolia live in Beijing all year round? I have to stay on the grassland for more than half a year, and then go back to Beijing in winter, no, I go back to Dadu.
No wonder the armies of the Great Mongols have the dual advantages of nomadism and firearms! Prince Aurangzeb thought to himself: Hindustani's Timurid Empire should also learn from the Great Mongolia, must not abandon the Afghan plateau, and the emperor should live in Kabul for a few months every year, in order to contact the support of the tribal leaders and obtain the elite soldiers of Afghanistan!
Prince Aurangzeb, who had learned a little about the advanced experience of the Great Mongolian Kingdom, said to Azig with a smile: "Uncle Khan, let's hurry up and try to meet the great Eyer Zasak Khan and the father of the Great Khan, the wise Khan, as soon as possible." ”
The wise Khan is Dolgon, isn't he Prince Rui? Somehow, it was translated as the wise khan, and the emperor Ama was translated as the father of the Great Khan.
"Well," Azig said with a smile, "then let's hurry up and try to complete these 200 miles in two days!" ”
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"Huang Ama, you have to take care......"
"yes, why don't you go on any safaris."
"That's right, just let the British prince go to the hunting business."
When the news of Prince Aurangzeb's imminent arrival in the Khan's tent reached Dorgon's tent, the "father of the Great Khan" was suffering from a fever and a cough - this is an old problem, which occurred once last year, but the little emperor of Shunzhi was so anxious that he didn't have the heart to take French lessons for many days...... But in the end, I finally survived.
But I didn't expect it to relapse now, maybe it's too hard, maybe the weather on the grassland is too cold, not as comfortable as in the palace in Beijing.
Dolgon's henchmen were anxious for him when they saw his sick and crooked appearance, so that they could still go on a safari with the princes of India and Mongolia? Don't fall off your horse...... Now Duoduo is still in Nuergan City in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River! If Dolgon is gone, who will be Ama for Shunzhi?