Chapter 769: Chao Qin and Twilight
Speaking of which, the ancestors of Eluchen and Lin Dan Khan are one family, and they are both descendants of the little Tatar prince back then.
From this point of view, his relationship with Bu Lost, the king of Shunyi, who was born in the Tumut Ministry, is actually not as close as his relationship with Lin Dan Khan.
Because the ancestors of the Elu Chen and the ancestors of Lin Dan Khan are brothers, and they are both descendants of the golden family of the Erjin clan.
And the current Shunyi King Bu Lost Rabbit is the grandson of the Tumut Ministry of Bada Khan, and he has no direct blood relationship with Erlin Chen or Lin Dan Khan.
Because of this, the minister temporarily put aside the grievances with Lin Dan Khan, and with the army that he had finally put together, he went north to meet Lin Dan Khan, and was willing to work with Lin Dan Khan to fight against the Jianyu who wanted to occupy Monan.
E's thoughts were also very simple, if Lin Dan Khan really moved west, his Ordos tribes would immediately face the threat of the Jurchens.
This truth is still easy to understand as an Elinchen who has already served as a Jinong of the Ordos Tribes.
It's a pity that Lin Dan Khan, who was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, had been frightened by the iron horsemen of the Jurchens, and he didn't want Kuku and Tun, so how could he stay in the land of Hetao with the same heart as the Erling ministers to resist the Jianyu army?
Therefore, as soon as the two met in the old city of Dongshengwei's hometown (later Ordos City), they did not talk.
Lin Dan Khan demanded that the Ordos tribes provide a large amount of grain and forage, cattle, sheep and livestock, and at the same time, he scoffed at the idea put forward by the Erling ministers, that is, the two of them joined forces to go north to Baoketu, first to repel the Jianguo pursuers, and then unite with the Ming Dynasty to deal with the Jianguo army, and finally expel the Jianguo army from Monan.
This is really more than half a sentence of speculation!
Perhaps it was the fate of history at play, no matter how hard the ministers persuaded him, he could never change Lin Dan Khan's determination to move west to Qinghai.
After Lin Dan Khan waited for two days in Dongsheng City, the great tent of the Ordos Jinong Exuanchen, the unfortunate news from the direction of Baoketu began to be brought by the fleeing Chahar defeated army.
The Chinese army Wanhu he relied on the most, and also his eldest brother-in-law, Gui Yingcha died in battle, and his iron lance Konot, one of the ten sumu generals, Borhu, died in battle.
And Sang Er Zhai, one of the ten sumu of the iron lance Konot, which he also valued, led his troops to surrender.
After learning of this situation, Lin Dan Khan once again decided to evacuate Ordos immediately and move westward through the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
He couldn't persuade him in every possible way, but he couldn't stop it.
At the same time, he also knew that after Lin Dan Khan led his troops away, the Ordos Department must be unable to face the Jurchens alone.
Therefore, after thinking about it, they could only pack their bags together, follow the team of the Chahars, and go west together.
And the Shunyi king Bu Lostu, who was unwilling to surrender to Lin Dan Khan and at the same time unwilling to surrender to the Jurchens, left Dongsheng City with more than 3,000 people from his headquarters and quickly went south to the border of Yulin to ask for refuge.
The land of Hetao, which was originally quite peaceful, suddenly jumped up with the arrival of the Jurchens' team chasing Lin Dan Khan.
Lin Dan Khan took the remaining men and horses of the Chahar headquarters and the troops of the Ordos Department who were forced to move westward, and marched from Dongsheng to the west, heading straight for the border city of Ningxiawei.
After resting for a few days in Baoketu and simply reorganizing his troops, Abatai sent messengers to the rear to report the victory, and at the same time crossed the Yellow River south, and continued to pursue Lin Dan Khan's team.
For Lin Dan Khan, who was short of food and grass and had pursuers behind him, it would be best if the Ming army generals of Ningxia Wei could let him pass through the boundaries of Ningxia.
If he is not allowed to pass, then if he can reach a compromise with the border generals of the Ming army, let him rely on the fortified city and resist the Jurchen pursuers, that is also an option.
Or, if the border city of the Ming army has a chance, he can lead the Chahar men and horses under his command to directly break through the border city of the Ming army and rush to the west.
But what he never expected was that none of his three ideas came true.
When Lin Dan Khan crossed the ice-covered Hetao Plain with great difficulty and led a large group of men to the foot of the Great Wall of Hongyabao, the garrison of the avant-garde in Ningxia, not only did the Ming army refuse to open the road, but also did not allow them to camp on the border wall.
In particular, there are Jurchen pursuers who are getting closer and closer, and the side wall of Ningxia Town, which lies in front, is even more flags fluttering and soldiers are lined up, and they are already prepared, and it is not something that the brigade under his command can capture for a while.
Lin Dan Khan stayed anxiously outside the side wall of the Red Cliff Fort for a day and a night, and did not wait for the news he wanted to wait for, and tentatively launched an attack on the side wall of the Red Cliff Fort section, except for leaving hundreds of corpses in the roar of guns and cannons at the head of the city, there was no hope of taking it at all.
In this way, in desperation, Lin Dan Khan, with the resentment in his heart, once again led a large group of people and horses to the north along the side wall of Ningxia Town.
Lin Dan Khan was not allowed to move westward through the road, but it was not because He Huchen, the chief military officer of Ningxia Town, and the town's supervisor, Yu Shi Qu Shiji, were too rigid in their lives.
It's because Lin Dan Khan's request and the matter itself are a bit too unbelievable in the eyes of He Huchen and others.
What's more, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of the three sides at this time, is a person who likes to ask him for instructions and report everything in every town and then follow his orders, whether it is He Huchen or Qu Shiruo, no one dares to make decisions without authorization, and make such a major decision as letting Lin Dan Khan enter the customs.
However, to their surprise, Yuan Chonghuan finally agreed to Lin Danhan's request.
It's just that when He Renlong came to Yinchuan, the Acropolis of Ningxia, with Yuan Chonghuan's order, Lin Dan Khan had already gone with hatred.
Next, Lin Dan Khan, who was like a lost dog, fled north with the men and horses of Chahar and the Ordos tribe, and finally crossed the Yellow River westward in the area of Bayangol (later the mouth of the city), and was overtaken by Abatai.
Lin Dan Khan led his troops across the river in a hurry, and the Ordos tribes who were left behind by Lin Dan Khan were bitten by the pursuers of Abatai's troops.
The Ordos tribes led by Eluchen were originally reluctant to follow Lin Dan Khan to move westward, after all, the Hetao Plain was rich in water and grass, and it was their homeland for a long time.
Although taking refuge in the Jurchens would damage the face of the descendants of the Golden Family, the homeland of the Jurchens was in Liaodong, and it was impossible for them to stay in the Hetao Plain forever.
In addition, now Lin Dan Khan has run into walls everywhere, panicking like a lost dog, and he has no prestige in the past, and with such a great khan in the wind and snow in his homeland, he has made such a big circle, losing countless cattle and sheep, and many leaders of the Ordos tribe are not willing to follow.
So as soon as the battle was engaged, the men and horses of the Ordos Department surrendered one after another.
Although the ministers were unwilling to surrender to the Jurchens, the situation was stronger than the people, and if they did not surrender, they could only abandon their subordinates and flee to other places.
After thinking about it, Eluchen also chose to surrender, which basically kept the main cavalry and a large number of troops in Ordos.
It's just that after surrendering Abatai, Abatai did not let the cavalry of the Ordos Department idle, let alone let them stay on the Hetao Plain and stay in their rear.
The Jurchens were very strategic in their treatment of the Mongols, and for the Mongols near Mobei and Liaodong, they adopted a policy of marriage and kinship.
However, for the Mongol tribes in southern Mongols, they adopted a policy of drive, driving these Mongols who had been somewhat sinicized because of their proximity to the Han land to fight to the death for them.
This distinction was made according to the sooner or later they took refuge in the Jurchens, and at the same time, it also showed a distinction between the north and the south.
Mobei Mongolia was the latest to defect to the Jurchens, but because of their strong combat effectiveness, they received a certain degree of preferential treatment.
And Monan Mongolia was conquered by the Jurchens, and of course the conquered people would not have any special preferential treatment.
Now, the Ordos tribes are faced with such a situation, and they do not receive any preferential treatment here in Abatai.
After Abatai accepted their surrender, he immediately took the cavalry of the Ordos Department as the vanguard, and asked the Elu minister Jinong to lead the team to the front station, and continued to pursue Lin Dan Khan west with them.
At this time, the ministers, who were no longer human inside and outside, had no way to refuse the Jurchens' requests, and in this way they became part of the Jurchen pursuit army.
Later, as the guide of the Jurchens, they crossed the river to the west, bypassed the territory of Ningxia Town, bypassed Helan Mountain, and pursued Lin Dan Khan all the way according to the route set by Lin Dan Khan.