Chapter 958: Map
"Grand Lama Shahr!"
When he walked out of the tent, he saw an elderly lama in a red robe with a bald head, and he greeted the other party warmly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
This is the great lama from the Wusi Tibetan place, and the Yellow Sect prevailing on the steppe is different, this Shaerhu Tuketu is the representative of the Red Sect to the Chahar Department, eloquence is given, the appearance is dignified, when Lin Dan Khan was angry with the Yellow Sect in the steppe to seal the Mongolian nobles as Khan, but on him, the orthodox Mongolian communist lord Great Khan, on a very ordinary honorific title, the Red Sect sent this Shar over, Lin Dan Khan impulsively, announced the Red Religion.
It can be said that the source of the current Mongolian troubles comes from this Shahr, Lin Dan Khan's unpopularity, not respected and trusted by Eastern Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia, a large part of the reason is that he changed his faith, more than ninety percent of the Mongolian tribes believe in the Yellow Religion, and their co-owner Great Khan announced that he converted to the Red Religion, which has a great impact on ordinary herdsmen to nobles...... Ordinary people will not understand, Lin Dan Khan converted mainly to compete with the Yellow Sect for the right to rule the steppe, with the demise of the Mongol communist Khan and his tribes, all the tribes of the steppe were indeed controlled by the Yellow Sect, whether it is Mobei or Monan, although there are also tribal khans, princes, county kings, Taiji, but it is always those living Buddhas who can influence and decide the affairs of the grassland, even if it is a modern society hundreds of years later, the living Buddha has a very high status in Tibet and Mongolia, And the desperate struggle that determines the status and size of the living Buddhas is only within a hundred years of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties!
The brain is big and understands Lin Dan Khan's suffering, so he is not as wary and hostile to this Red Sect Living Buddha as ordinary Chahar people, the spread of the Red Sect is too small, even if the Chahar headquarters secretly believes in the Yellow Sect is still the mainstream, and the territory of the Red Sect is extremely small.
"Odaiyoshi!" Lama Shar was also very kind to the big brain, so he stopped and saluted with his palms together.
"Living Buddha, I have something to ask."
The Mongols didn't have much to do, and after bowing back, they straightened up and asked eagerly: "The Great Khan said that there must be strong reinforcements in the west, I think this matter has something to do with the Red Sect, isn't it?" ”
Lama Sha'er looked left and right and whispered, "It is indeed something to do with it...... Although the Great Khan may not like it, I can still say that I know it with Taiji, but Taiji must keep it a secret. ”
"Please speak up, Grand Lama." Brain Mao said very sincerely: "The headquarters has reached the point of life and death...... Many people want to go back, but they don't want to think about it, those Etoks who stayed behind either threw themselves to the Jurchens, or their hearts were to Mobei, and which ones were loyal to our Great Khan? Chahar originally commanded dozens of tribes, and every year there were tribesmen Taiji who came to pay tribute to listen to instructions, but now at this point, they can only survive in death, if the great lama has anything to say, please hurry up. ”
"Okay." Sha'er Lama said: "I have secretly contacted the leaders of the Red Sect on behalf of the Great Khan, and the existing Chotu Khan in the northwest of the desert, the Zangba Khan in Wusizang and the Western Regions, and Baili Tustun Dorjee are willing to form an alliance with the Great Khan and conspire together. ”
"It turns out that this is the reason why the Great Khan insisted on going west, and said that there were strong reinforcements to help......"
The so-called Chotu Khan is a very strong Taiji in Transkhalkha, and his strength is not under the three great Khans of Mobei such as Chechen Khan, and the Zangba Khan is the leader of the local power across Tibet and Xinjiang supported by the Oirat Mongols and the Taobu Mongols, including the Turkic Mongols, at this time, neither the Red Religion nor the Yellow Religion have become the actual rulers of Tibet, and it should be said that it is still a period when secular power and religious power are fighting with each other. Zangba Khan should have the same considerations as Lin Dan Khan, and they were both willing to support the relatively weak Red Sect against the powerful Yellow Sect...... Of course, it turned out that they were incompetent, because both of them failed.
Zangba Khan, Chotu Khan, Jialindan Khan and the famous Tusi of the later Shikang District, the strength is indeed not weak, at least in the west of the Ming Dynasty, it belongs to the sideways force, as long as it does not provoke the Oirats, Lin Dan Khan can entrench Qingcheng as the core, slowly recover his strength, at least do not have to look at the face of the Jurchens to live, and can blackmail the Ming from time to time, ask for "city reward", in general, if it is not for the Yusheng sideways insertion, plus underestimate the Jurchens' determination to become the Mongolian co-master, In fact, Lin Dan Khan's idea is not bad.
Even at the last moment, Lin Dan Khan ran to Ordos, his subordinates were still waiting for orders, and the Huang Taiji Labor Division Expedition could not last too long, but at the most critical moment, Lin Dan Khan suddenly fell ill and died.
It can be said that the god at the end of the Ming Dynasty must have been a Jurchen with braids......
"It's a road, too." Brain Mao sighed and said: "If there are no Han people making trouble on the grassland, we will avoid the west, hide away from the Jurchens, and slowly pack up the forces of various departments, which is a good way, but now, we can't advance or retreat, and if we barely rush over, I'm worried that we will still not be able to gain a foothold......"
Sha'er Lama smiled and said: "This and relax, we have already contacted the Taobu, Zangba Khan, Dege, Baili, and the Qiangtang Thirty-nine Divisions also have leaders who believe in the Red Religion, and there are also many Taiji who believe in the Red Religion in the East and West Yarkand Tribes, these have been contacted in advance, plus Chotu Khan went south to support, even if Qingcheng can't be taken back for a while, we can go all the way through and go all the way to Ordos and the Taobu, and the Elu Chen and Huoluochi will definitely support the Great Khan." ”
If you look at it from the map, China at this time can be divided into a huge empire of more than a dozen colors, the northernmost Heilongjiang River basin in Liaodong to Sakhalin Island is the territory of Beishan savages and Beishan Jurchens, Kuwu people, Feiyaka people, Suofen, extending to the direction of Outer Mongolia are the Dagan people, Evenki, and then the people in the forest and the Balhu Mongols, to the south is the left wing Mongolian territory, and on the right is the Liaodong border wall from Shanhaiguan to the Liaohe Hetao, and inside it is the Liaodong Dusi, Inside it are the Changbai Mountain Range and Jurchen tribes, large and small.
Along the grassland to the Jingshi Yongping Jizhen area is the dividing line between the left and right wing of Mongolia, compared to the territory of the left wing Mongolia is very small, there are many tribes, the competition is very fierce, no wonder they have no way to accept the peace with the Ming Dynasty, the territory is small, the number of people is too fierce, the right wing Mongolia is to the boundary of the Beijing division to the boundary of Qinghai Xinjiang, and the four Oirat and Yarkand are bordered.
In addition to the East and West Yarkand, there are the Qiangtang tribes, the territory of the Gelug sect, the territory of the Guge sect, Baili, and Derge...... A tribe or sect carved up the entire territory from North China to the west, compared with later generations, at this time these tribes that are inextricably linked with China occupy much larger territory than later generations, in terms of influence, the more west, the worse the influence of the Ming Dynasty, the Shazhou Weiha Miwei established during the Hongwu period has fallen, the western border of the Ming Dynasty stopped at the Jiayuguan Gate of Suzhou Wei, the further west, the more tribal sects, and the west has been occupied by the Mongols who believe in Islam, Originally, dozens of Buddhist countries that believed in Buddhism in the Western Regions were destroyed successively, from religion to politics have completed the initial reshuffle, the Han dynasty from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties has been having the right to rule and influence in the Western Regions gradually lost, the Ming Dynasty's sense of existence is very low, and it is thousands of miles away from Liaodong, Lin Dan Khan wants to move west, in fact, strategically speaking, the influence of the Mongol co-lord Great Khan on the Western Regions and the Oirat Mongols is much stronger than that of the Ming or the Jurchens, if he successfully moves west, maybe history is another direction, In the future, it may not be the Dzungar tribe of Oirat who have been fighting with the Qing court for a hundred years, it is likely to be the more powerful Chahar Mongols.
"It turns out that the Great Khan has this kind of calculation in his heart." Brainhair sighed: "It's also a way." However, with all due respect, since the left wing failed to bring the tribes to their hearts, but instead got a mess of sand, the right-wing tribes, the Taobu and Ordos are all right-wing tribes, but the Oirats have always been hostile to us, even if there are Red Sect Living Buddhas in it, I am afraid it may not be as smooth as the Great Khan imagined. ”
"It's just a good alliance." Lama Sha'er raised his white eyebrows and said: "As long as the Great Khan cheers up, with his heirloom jade seal in his hand, and because he is the only Great Khan inherited by the serious golden family, no one dares to challenge this position." There are 100,000 people in the Chahar headquarters, and then they can collect the remnants of Tumut, the United Suite Department, Ordos, and the three Mobei Divisions, controlling more than 200,000 strings, which tribe in the entire west can reach it? The Great Khan reorganized his army and did not worry about the day when he did not return to the left flank! ”
I didn't expect that the lama in front of him was still a fanattic, it seems that Lin Dan Khan's overall strategy is related to this red lama, no wonder he has been putting on a look of giving up on the left wing...... The left wing to the central part and Mobei are the base camp of the Yellow Sect, and the Red Sect only has many believers in the current Lazang Khan and Qiangtang and other departments, no wonder this lama has been instigating Lin Dan Khan to move westward, and Lin Dan Khan, who believes in the Red Sect, moved west with the powerful Chahar Department, and the confidence of the Red Sect is enough at once!
"Now that the westward move has been decided, I can't say anything more." Brain Mao sighed and said: "But now the tribe is in serious shortage of food, not only lack of food, we are short of almost everything." I used to buy it from Heyusheng's caravan, but now of course it's impossible, does the Living Buddha have any opinions? ”
Sha'er laughed, the great lama who was over the age of sixteen was actually quite arrogant, and he said to the brain: "He Yusheng is a big businessman in the Ming Kingdom, so he is rich." But who is richer and more abundant than the merchants of the Ming Kingdom? ”
Brain Mao clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Are you the imperial court of the state of state?" ”
"That's right!" Sha'er Lama said with a smile: "Previously, we first set the Ming State in Guangning to give four thousand a year, we helped to defend Guangning, and the silver two were delivered in Tuanshan and Zheng'an Fort outside the city of Guangning, and then the Great Khan listened to my words, and asked the Ming State for ten times the silver, which was changed to 40,000 taels a year, and the Ming Kingdom did not give it obediently, and then the governor Wang Huazhen promised a heavy reward, but unfortunately we received the news too late, when the Great Khan sent 30,000 cavalry to aid him, Guangning fell in a few days. ”
This matter is very clear, at that time sent 30,000 cavalry are the elite of the Chahar people, unlike before and after the Jin Kaiyuan, Lin Dan Khan sent five Inner Khalkha two thousand cavalry, the result was in vain, and then the five departments of Zai Sai Taiji was captured, Lin Dan Khan had no choice, or the five departments themselves made up 10,000 head of livestock in exchange for Zai Sai Taiji, Lin Dan Khan's low prestige instantly fell to the bottom. Then the Houjin attacked Shenyang, and Lin Dan Khan sent a coalition army of 10,000 people, but it was also in vain.
When attacking Guangning, because he took a large amount of silver taels from the Ming army before and after, Lin Dan Khan actually sent an army of 30,000 people, and most of them were the elite armor of the Chahar Department who had been fighting for many years, which can be described as all the elite soldiers, but unfortunately Wang Huazhen's deployment was too idiotic, and the Mongols were still halfway through Guangning had already fallen, and Yang Yi and Yang Er, Cheng Fang and others really wronged Lin Dan Khan.
"The Living Buddha is really a good thing." Brain Mao sighed and said: "I'll go and ask the Great Khan now, I will lead thousands of elite horsemen to approach the border wall of Ming Kingdom Ji Town, and ask for the city's reward of silver and grain." ”