In the Horqin steppe, in the royal tent of the Mongol Great Khan, Wu Keshan pressed his temples tiredly. The current situation facing Mongolia made him a little anxious.

After the fall of Lin Dan Khan, the Northern Yuan Dynasty had actually been completely destroyed, but he was still known as the Great Khan of Mongolia this time.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Keshan's sister Bumu Butai brought Shunzhi to join him, and he originally wanted to raise the banner of Shunzhi, gather the remnants of the Qing Dynasty, and continue to call on the Mongolian tribes.

When Dayuan returned to the grassland, he had been fighting against the Ming Dynasty, and he wanted the Qing Dynasty to do the same.

In this way, he may be able to hold on to the Ming Dynasty to contend with the Ming Dynasty, keep Eastern Mongolia safe, and resist the retaliation of the Ming Dynasty.

However, he soon discovered that the brand of Shunzhi was no longer useful.

The grassland culture is different from the Central Plains culture, no matter what you come from or what Qing orthodoxy, what they believe in is only fists and interests.

In the year of the Great Yuan, many people and horses retreated from the Central Plains, but the army of the Qing Dynasty had been wiped out, and even the nest outside the Guanwai was copied by the Ming army.

Seeing this, Wu Keshan simply did not mention Shunzhi, and directly sent invitations to the Eastern Mongolian, Southern Mongolia, and Northern Mongolian ministries, so that the ministries could gather in Horqin to discuss major matters.

As the main accomplice of the Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, the Horqin Mongols had to be anxious, they offended the Ming Dynasty too hard, and there were too many Ming people who wanted to destroy them.

Although Horqin Mongolia has gained a lot of benefits over the years because of its close relationship with the Qing Dynasty, and its strength is relatively strong among the Mongolian tribes, the invitation issued by Wu Keshan and the response received are not satisfactory.

Almost none of the Mobei tribes came, and the southern Mongols only reached sixty percent, most of which were the tribes that first cooperated with the Qing Dynasty and attacked the Ming Dynasty.

To counter the Ming retaliation, these tribes met in Korqin, and Wu Keshan became the leader of this loose alliance, known as the Great Khan of the Mongols.

Since he has become a great sweat, he should have some confidence and security, but the truth is completely opposite, Wu Keshan is even more panicked.

When he didn't call Khan, he was just worried about the retaliation of the Ming Dynasty, but after he called Khan, he was not worried, he could almost conclude that the Ming Dynasty would not let him go, and would inevitably attack Horqin Mongolia.

Now that the forces of the Ming Dynasty have jumped over the Great Wall, and the entire Liaohe Plain is also under the control of the Ming army, the situation in Mongolia is not optimistic.

Wu Keshan was ambitious, but his abilities were not particularly outstanding, and he had not had any clear strategy since he became Khan and decided to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, he felt a headache, and the whole person leaned back on the tiger skin seat and closed his eyes.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind poured into the big tent, blowing him shivering, and when he opened his eyes, it was his sister, the Empress Dowager Bumu Butai of the Qing Dynasty, who came in with a bowl of hot broth.

Bumu Butai is a very wise woman, she has made great contributions to Horqin Mongolia, especially to the Borzigit family, but after she returned to Horqin, she was very low-key, did not put on the shelf of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, but became the daughter of the Borzigit clan and the sister of the Mongolian Great Khan.

"What's wrong with my brother?" Bumu Butai placed the hot soup in front of the table.

Wu Keshan left the chair with his back and rubbed his temples with his hand, "It's not that I'm worried about the current situation." I expected that after the Ming Dynasty got the news that I was called Khan, Wang Yan's wife would be furious and would definitely send troops to fight me, and the Mongolian tribes were not unified, the people were not aligned, and some people had already broken their courage. ”

Bumu Butai smiled and said, "Didn't you ask my brother to contact Jin Guo?" They are in need of allies and should be happy to support their brother. As for those who were frightened, they were really short-sighted, thinking that if they didn't stand on our side now, would the Ming Dynasty be able to let them go? It's stupid to do. ”

Wu Keshan still admires his sister very much, after all, she is a person who has been the queen mother, and her vision is far-reaching, and she has almost become his brainchild.

It was at Bumu Butai's suggestion that Wu Keshan immediately sent his son Biertahar to the Jin Kingdom to meet Hauge after he became Khan.

Jin Guozheng was in need of allies, so he immediately expressed his alliance between the two sides, and gave Biltahar 5,000 bird guns and some ammunition free of charge, so that he could bring them back to Horqin to support the Mongols in resisting the Ming Dynasty.

"Although it has formed an alliance with the Jin country, the Jin country is the Jin country after all, and Mongolia is Mongolia after all, and they are two families in the end, and they can't put all their hopes on the Jin country." Wu Keshan sighed and said: "I expect that the Ming Dynasty will be furious when it learns that I am called Khan, and after the beginning of spring, it is estimated that it will send troops to attack Horqin, and the Mongolian tribes only respect me as Khan on the surface, I am afraid that when the Ming army really comes, those people will be too frightened to come and support." ”

The fall of the Qing Dynasty was a great blow to the Mongols, who had lost their center.

Although they are barely together now, when the Ming army crushes over, I am afraid that this loose alliance that has temporarily gathered together to strengthen its courage will collapse immediately.

Wu Keshan's worries were not unreasonable, Bumu Butai thought for a while, and then said: "Instead of waiting for the Ming Dynasty to attack Horqin, my brother and don't lead the tribes to attack the Ming Dynasty first, as long as we win a battle and take the tribes to snatch some benefits, then the hearts of the Mongolian people will be stable!" ”

"Take the initiative to attack the Ming Dynasty?" Wu Keshan was shocked, the Mongols were now afraid of the Ming Dynasty, he was thinking about how to avoid the retaliation of the Ming Dynasty, and he really didn't think about taking the initiative to provoke the Ming Dynasty.

But Bumu Butai is right, anyway, the Ming Dynasty will not let them go, so instead of waiting for the Ming Dynasty to attack, it is better to take the initiative, if he wins a battle, he can not only stabilize the people's hearts, but also sit firmly in the position of the Great Khan of Mongolia.

"Yes, it's the initiative to attack! The Mongols were already in turmoil, and the more Korqin was defensive, the more cowardly he became, and the more the other tribes had less confidence in Korqin and did not dare to help us. As long as the elder brother shows the momentum of the steppe eagle and the wolf king, and the tribes feel that Horqin has the strength to lead them, the Mongolian tribes will gather around the elder brother and fight against the Ming Dynasty together. ”

Wu Keshan was a little moved by what she said, but where to fight? The Ming Dynasty is not a soft persimmon, if it is defeated, then won't he, the Great Khan, become a joke, and can only move north with his troops?

Wu Keshan pondered for a moment, and was still a little hesitant, "The Ming Dynasty has stationed a lot of soldiers and horses on the front line of the Great Wall, even if Ben Khan gathers other tribes to act together, I am afraid that he will not dare to cross the Great Wall." ”

Bumu Butai said: "Why does my brother want to break the Great Wall, wouldn't it be good to attack Shengjing?" There were not many Ming troops there, and they were lonely, and the Ming Dynasty could not support them for a while, but if they were defeated, they could also remove the threat to the east of Horqin. ”

On the Liaohe Plain, there are still more than 500,000 Han people farming, because of the supply of food, coupled with the cold weather, the garrison of the Ming Dynasty is not much, and it is indeed more cost-effective to lay down the Liaohe Plain than to go to the Great Wall to meet and break the bloodshed.

Wu Keshan thought about it, if he could conquer Shengjing City, would he be able to occupy the outside of the pass. If he can occupy the Liaohe Plain and catch some Han Chinese and Koreans to cultivate, he may be able to stand up to the Ming Dynasty like Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.

Thinking like this, Wu Keshan's mood suddenly improved again, "Okay, I'll gather my troops tomorrow and invite Mo Nan's troops to go east together!" ”

Seeing this, Bumu Butai hurriedly picked up the soup, "It's all cold, brother is about to drink it!" ”

She suggested going to Shenyang, which was indeed the best choice for Mongolia at the moment, but Bumu Butai also had her own selfish intentions, and she heard that there were still many Manchus outside the border who were enslaved by the Ming Dynasty.

If Mongolia captures Shenyang, it may be able to rescue a lot of Manchurians, then Fulin will be able to gather some manpower, and have some ability to protect himself, so he doesn't need to send people under the fence.

In the first month of the sixth year of the reign of the Ming Dynasty, both banks of the Liao River were covered with snow, and the whole world was white.

The city of Shenyang is lonely and falls on the snowfield that is uninhabited for thousands of miles, and the heavy snow covers the wilderness and the city, and the earth is covered in silver, which looks a little desolate.

At this time, there were almost no people outside the city and villages, only very few hunters who made a living from hunting, and there were still some people in the city market.

On the Liaohe Plain, there are still about 500,000 Han people, which is not as large as the population of a county in the south of the Yangtze River, but the place where they live is a province, and the extent of the land is vast and sparsely populated can be imagined.

People are social animals, and these people are mainly distributed around the city of Shenyang, because only Shenyang has a market, and they can exchange it for salt, iron, cotton cloth and other necessities of life.

At this time, the outside world was silent, but the market in Shenyang was still relatively lively.

Many Han Chinese living outside the Guanxi came in big sleds, and the Jurchen tribes in the north would occasionally come here to trade.

In the bazaar, the villages scattered in the vast Liaohe Plain would usually send a few men to trade in Shenyang City with mule horses to carry the beans grown in the village and the skins of the animals they had hunted.

Beans are the main crops outside the Guan, can eat can squeeze oil, there are shops in the south in Shenyang City, and when the spring comes, it will be transported to the south by boat, the fur is a special product outside the Guan, a good fur, in the south can be exchanged for a few taels of silver, if you are lucky, get the best mink, that year do not have to worry.

At this time, Zhang Jiayu, the governor of Liaodong, stood in the bazaar, listening to the bargaining of the outsiders in front of the shop, as well as shouts, laughter, and shouts, and couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart.

He liked such a scene full of life, watching the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the people could live a good life under his rule, he felt that what he did was very meaningful, and he could get out of the depression of losing the political struggle and being assigned to a bitter cold place.

He was an agent of the pro-Tang faction, who was captured in the Nanjing Incident and imprisoned for more than a year.

Wang Yan and Zhang Jiayu are people of the same department, Zhang Jiayu is a jinshi, but Wang Yan did not get in, he knows Zhang Jiayu's ability, and the two have some old feelings, so he was assigned to be a governor outside the Guan.

However, it is said that he is the governor, but in fact, there are not as many people in charge as a county in the south of the Yangtze River, but he is more famous. He came to Shenyang from the position of a large provincial platform, which was actually a disguised exile.

When he first arrived in Shenyang, the city was destroyed by the North Korean army, and the corpses were not cleaned up, Zhang Jiayu was still very disappointed, but after a period of operation, the results slowly came out, and he slowly got rid of the shadow of failure in the political struggle.

At this time, he was accompanied by several subordinates to understand the market, and he could not let the merchants arbitrarily raise prices and damage the interests of the Liao people, and only if the Liao people could survive well outside the customs could they attract people from inside the customs to immigrate and enrich the population outside the customs.

They checked along the street, and at noon, a young officer suddenly rode over, and when he saw him, he immediately dismounted and reported: "Lord Futai, Lord Hou, please go back to the Ya, the Mongols have killed you." ”

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