Chapter 619: Lin Dan Escapes
Guiying happened to be Lin Dan Khan's most trusted Chahar headquarters in the army, and held the command of the eight Zarud Duo Dula Guards and the Iron Lance Konott Ten Sumu for Lin Dan Khan.
Now that he had said so, the others immediately knelt down and saluted, saying, "Today Chahar is in danger, please make up your mind to move west!" ”
Knowing that the Ming Dynasty officials and troops in the south could not be relied on, and in the east and north, there were also Jurchen armies on their way.
In addition, the Chechen Khan, the strongest of the Mongol tribes in Mobei, also took refuge in Houjin.
Lin Dan Khan knew that he really had to say goodbye to the Mongolian steppe!
Seeing that Guiyingcha also supported moving westward, Lin Dan Khan made up his mind, and then habitually went to see the expression of the living Buddha of Zhuoerji Hutuketu.
The Living Buddha of Zhuo Erji Hutu Ketu also nodded at him.
So Lin Dan Khan said: "Since the left and right wings of Dazai Sang, Liugu Mountain Ten Thousand Households, and all the tribes of Zhai Sangtaiji are willing to move west to the new pasture land with me, this must be the will of the Immortal Heaven!"
"I have heard that from Kuku and Tun all the way west to the Great Caotan of Qinghai, there are Mongol descendants everywhere!
"I am the only legitimate heir of Genghis Khan, and wherever there are Mongols, it is my territory! From tonight onwards, bring the men and horses and livestock, and move west to Qinghai with me! ”
Moving west to Qinghai is a question that Lin Dan Khan has been thinking about since he learned that Huang Taiji led his army to Monan to conquer him.
On the one hand, as early as the time of Alatan Khan, or Altan Khan, ruled southern Mongolia, many parts of Qinghai had become the pastures of the Tatar Tumert.
At this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the Tatar Tumert tribe stationed in Qinghai was also called "Haikou" in order to distinguish it from the so-called "taokou" or "captive" of the Tatar Ordos tribe, which was stationed in the Hetao.
Although the population of these Tatar Tumut tribes is small, they are all Tatar Mongols, and they can be regarded as the same species and ancestors as the Mongols under the rule of Lin Dan Khan.
As the Great Khan of Mongolia, Lin Dan Khan will not shake or change his status when he arrives in that place.
On the other hand, although the influence of the Yellow Sect in Tibetan Buddhism has an absolute advantage in the Mongolian steppes and even in the Mongolian tribes of Moxi Oirat (Warat), there are some areas in Qinghai and Tibet where the Red Sect has an advantage.
For example, the Tsangpa Khan Karma Dan Rinpo Wangpo, who ruled parts of Tibet during this era, and the Baili Tusi Deng Yue Dorjee, who ruled the Kham region of southeastern Qinghai, were local leaders who practiced the Red Religion.
Lin Dan Khan, who also believed in the Red Sect, thought that after arriving in Qinghai, he would be able to find a natural ally there.
Instead of looking around, as is the case now, it is all enemies.
In this way, on the day that Guiyingcha rushed back to Kuku and Tun, the nobles, soldiers, and ordinary people of the Chahar tribe who gathered in Kuku and Tun City were mobilized.
There are also many people, as early as the night when Yue Le, Bo Luo and others led the Jurchen iron cavalry to Kuku and Tuncheng, they had already packed their bags and were ready to set off at any time.
For the vast majority of Mongolians in this era, migration across the steppe was commonplace.
The nomadic tribes on the grassland do not have the tradition of the Central Plains people relocating to their land.
They were born to live in felt tents that could be dismantled at any time, and they lived on the back of a lele cart or a horse on a migration trek at any time.
Besides, apart from the noble lords, ordinary Mongolian herdsmen have no private property, and all their belongings are just a package that can be carried and left at any time.
On the night when Guiyingcha rushed back to Kuku and Tun, a cold wind blew on the Tumo River.
In the grasslands in mid-October, although it has not yet begun to snow, when the sun is below the horizon, especially at night, the cold wind blows on the face like a knife, and the pain is unbearable.
There was no entertainment on the grassland, and the seven Dajin Kingdom Seven Bel Abatai, who had been tired for several days in a row, had no other preferences except for wine, and at this time, he got into his tent early, hugged the Mongolian girl he snatched along the way, and fell asleep soundly with snoring.
Yue Le and Bolo are both the sons of Abatai, that is, the grandsons of Nuer Hachi, although their fathers have no status in front of the two generations of Jin lords, Nuer Hachi and Huang Taiji, but they themselves are deeply appreciated and loved by Huang Taiji.
Therefore, the children of the Jurchen sect like them naturally would not keep watch at night to blow the cold wind.
And the always arrogant Babudaiji from Mobei would not blow a cold wind on such a night.
In the end, the task of stationing guards outside Kuku and Tuncheng fell to Abatai's son-in-law, Li Yongfang, the brother-in-law of Yue Le and Bolo.
Li Yongfang is known as the forehead, and he is also one of the members of the wild boar skin family, at least he is also a relative of the imperial family, it sounds like he has a high status, but in fact, in Abatai's family, his status is the lowest.
As the first Ming Dynasty border army guerrilla in the Jin State after surrender, the old slave Nuer Hachi attached great importance to him in order to achieve the role of a horse bone in the gold city, first gave him the position of a deputy general, and later gave him the position of a chief military officer, and at the same time married a daughter of Abatai to him, so that he became the forehead of the Jurchen clan.
But even a semi-civilized people like the Jurchens despised traitors who betrayed their lords for glory.
Therefore, for traitors like Li Yongfang, many high-ranking Jurchen officials in the Later Jin Kingdom also sneered at him and called him a "barbarian slave" with contempt.
In addition, Abatai's status among the many sons and nephews of the wild boar skin is not high, so Li Yongfang's status has also plummeted after the death of the wild boar skin, which is more admired by him.
If it weren't for Huang Taiji's liking to reuse traitors, Li Yongfang would have stepped aside.
Of course, even so, Li Yongfang's loyalty to the Jurchens is unchanging.
On this cold and windy night, Li Yongfang got Yue Le's order, and took his eldest son, the little traitor Li Shutai, to conscientiously stay in the camp on a slope in the northeast of Kuku and Tuncheng, and from time to time walked out of his camp tent and looked in the direction of Kuku and Tun.
During the daytime, Li Yongfang served his father-in-law Abatai all day, and all kinds of camping, patrolling, and managing baggage and other camp affairs made him tired enough, and at this time he was ordered to be on duty at night, and most of the night passed, and his eyelids could not be raised.
In the second half of the night, Li Yongfang, an old traitor, couldn't bear it, so he called his eldest son Li Shutai, and took the Han Army Niu Lu, which was adapted from Fushun City, to continue to patrol the night.
Although the twenty-two-year-old Li Shutai was not treated well by Yue Le, Bo Luo and others, he was deeply appreciated by Huang Taiji, and he was able to visit Har this time, which also benefited from this.
Therefore, the young Li Shutai always wants to show his conscientiousness.
After taking over his father's duties, he led the Han Army Niu Lu under his command and continued to patrol around the camp.
Just when the ugly hour had passed and the time had not yet arrived, that is, when the blackest, coldest and heaviest mist was on the grassland before dawn, Li Shutai suddenly heard a burst of people and horses shouting in Kuku and Tuncheng.
Immediately afterwards, I heard a burst of Mongolian scolding in the distance near Kuku and Tunxi Gate.
Li Shutai followed his father to the Jurchens when he was still young and learned the Jurchen language, but he did not understand the Mongolian language very well.
If he could understand, he would not have missed this opportunity to make a great contribution.
Because the Mongolian scolding sound coming from outside the Kuku and Tunxi Gates was Gui Yingcha's scolding: "Get out of the way!" You cowardly bastards! You have stood in the way of the Great Khan and Rudo! ”
Although Lin Danhan is addicted to wine, he is not a good stubble who has been able to dominate the grassland for more than 20 years.
What was decided that day, Lin Dan Khan had to implement it that night, and the sequence of retreating and moving west was set in advance.
With Tashhai, the general manager of the left wing of the Chahar headquarters, and Gunchuk Tuying, one of the ten sumu of Lin Dan Khan's second brother-in-law, Iron Lance Konot, as the vanguard, with nearly 10,000 palace tent cavalry, escorted the Eight Great Zarudor and their subordinates to set off first.
Then, with his eldest brother-in-law Wanhu Guiyingcha of the Chinese army as the Chinese army, he led the main force of more than 20,000 people of the iron lance Konott Shisumu, and protected Lin Dan Khan and his younger brother Jintu, his uncle Galma and several cousins, as well as the three treasures of the national teacher Zhuoerji and other lamas and Lin Dan Khan, and set off in the center.
In the end, the general manager of the right wing of the Chahar headquarters, Huluk Jaisang, and Sonomutaiji, Badasi Jaisang, Zitat Cherbey Zaisang, as well as Yildentse Zero and Abahaice Zero, and other people, each consular department and subordinates were the rear team, with a total of more than 40,000 people, responsible for breaking the rear and covering the operation.
All these people who can be taken away are all the strength of Lin Dan Khan now.
In the early hours of the morning before dawn and the morning fog rose, the west gates of Kuku and Tuncheng suddenly opened, and Tashhai and Gunchuk Tuying led the palace tent cavalry of the eight great Chahar Urudor to gallop out first, interspersed with huge Lele chariots with several horses driving side by side, and each covered Lele chariot was surrounded by circles of pendulum cavalry.
When you are ugly, everything is in order.
However, as soon as the westward migration team poured out of the West Gate, the Chinese cavalry under Gui Yingcha was congested at the gate because of the scramble for the road, and the shouts of people and horses when fighting for the road, as well as the angry scolding of Gui Yingcha, spread far and wide in the quiet night, and reached Li Shutai's ears.
Li Shutai, who did not know the situation, immediately sent the first Han army to find out the situation, while he took the rest of his men back to the camp to find his father to report the situation.
When the group of Han army banner soldiers sent out ran back to report that the gates of Kuku and Tunxi were wide open, and a large number of men and horses poured out of the city, and they ran west regardless of it, Li Yongfang, who was woken up by Li Shuitai in a panic, immediately realized that something was wrong, and Lin Danhan was afraid that he was going to escape!
As soon as he thought of this, Li Yongfang immediately ordered loudly: "Quick! Hurry up and sound the gong to warn! Lin Dan Khan is going to escape! ”10