Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1669 Cutting Yuan ([-]) Dou Xin
The Battle of Sand City, or the second Battle of Sand City broke out very suddenly.As a near-Ming city controlled by the Mongolian Tumed people, the biggest role of this city has never been in military affairs, but in trade.

Only a few tens of miles south of Shacheng is the side wall of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, and inside the side wall is the Wanquan Right Guard, which belongs to the Xuanfu governor's jurisdiction and the Xuanfu's general defense area.However, the south of Shacheng is not allowed, and it is not convenient to enter the customs. The pass that can be entered is Zhangjiakou Fort in the southeast of Shacheng—yes, it is the location of Zhangjiakou in later generations, and the distance between the two places is about a hundred miles.

There is actually a place called Xinghe, which is closest to the border wall in the south of Shacheng, but it is just an unsuspecting market. It is usually only used as the last stop before entering the customs, and it is usually convenient for Mongolians to conduct transactions. Organize the brought cattle and sheep supplies.

It is still Shacheng that really plays the role of a transit point for customs entry trade.Because of this, a lot of supplies were gathered in Shacheng before the war broke out, most of which were horses, cattle and sheep, non-finished leather (the tanning process was not qualified), etc. Saddles, bows and arrows, etc.

Of course, the Daming products brought back from Zhangjiakou are also indispensable, and there are all kinds of them.There are almost all kinds of products from the north and the south, from high-end to low-end, and of course the famous goods are indispensable: iron pots.

Before the war, Shacheng never felt the threat of war at all. The people staying here, including the vast majority of Mongolians and a small number of Han and Hui people, believed that the war was far away from the headquarters of Tumed, and it was far away in Chamo, thousands of miles away. Hal, someone even heard in Zhangjiakou that the Ming army had already marched to the Hulun Buir Grassland.

Judging from this situation, the Tumed Headquarters is obviously at ease, and everyone is happy to do business better than anything else.

The warning came at noon that day, and a group of Tumets came galloping on horseback, shouting for enemy attack.After hearing the news, Shacheng's nominal guard, a commander from West Post, immediately left his tent and called people over for questioning.

The tribe of the Tumets were grazing two hundred miles to the northeast. They originally planned to take the exchanged goods back, but they didn't know how far they found a large group of cavalry in front of them. There was something wrong here. Their so-called "big stocks" at this time are actually not many, there are only more than 200 people, who are Chahar's sentinels.

However, many of these Tumed people were also recruited to fight, and it was obvious at a glance that those sentry riders were not Tumed's, and it seemed that they should be Chahar sentry riders.According to experience, a sentry cavalry of more than 200 people means that there must be a large army behind them, at least a team of [-] people.This is broken, which means that a large number of enemy troops are coming.

Although in name Tumed still admits that the Great Khan of the Chahar tribe is the Great Khan of all Mongolia, but the current Tumed is very distorted. As "Thirty Thousand Households of Tumed", they are the Great Khan of Mongolia subjects of the Ming Dynasty; as the "Golden Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty", they are subjects of the Ming Dynasty.

But the name belongs to the name, and the Tumed people are not fools. Who doesn't know that Tumed is more inclined to Daming now?Didn't you see that the Great Khan has already joined the Datong General Soldier of the Ming Army to personally conquer the Waikalkha tribe?It is self-evident who is the enemy and who is the friend.

So this group of Tumed people ran back in a frenzy and reported the situation to the guard of Shacheng.In fact, as members of the small tribe, they didn't have to come back, but their trip was divided into two groups. They planned to bring some of the goods back first, and half of them stayed in Shacheng later.

This way, there is no other way, everyone is of the same clan, so we can't leave our family to die without saying hello, so we have to take the risk to report back.Of course, this will not be said to the guard.

The guard's name is very Mongolian, even a bit of a bad street, his name is Ba Du'er, and his matrilineal lineage even has a bit of blood from the golden family branch.It's a pity that the blood line of the Mongolian is only on the patrilineal line, otherwise his status may be able to rise to a higher level.

After hearing about these situations, the Duer felt bad. When the Chahar people came to Tumed, there must not be only a team of [-] people, because if there are too few people, it is very likely that meat buns will beat dogs to Tumed. Back and forth.

Since there are more than one ten-thousand team, it means that the Chahar people are aggressively attacking.The emergence of this situation meant that there were only two possibilities: one was that the Ming-Mongolian coalition had a loophole in the siege network against Chahar, and the other was that the Chahar people were defeated and came to Tumot like headless chickens.

Of course he hopes to face the second possibility more, but he also knows that this is probably just an extravagant wish, because according to the news just now, the other party is still sending sentry cavalry in an orderly manner-it is impossible for the defeated army who was beaten to run around So fastidious.

Badu'er took action immediately, ordering the closing of the city gates, dispatching troops and supplies to defend the city, and at the same time leading people to climb up the tower to check the situation.

Speaking of which, the city defense facilities in Shacheng at this time are not bad, thanks to the fact that Grand Master Gao of the Ming Dynasty guarded the city here, and he sent people to make temporary repairs at that time.

Although it was only a semi-finished product for temporary repairs to Grand Master Gao, in Badu'er's eyes it was serious. The city's waterproof level can at least rank in the top five in Tumed, and it is an out-and-out strong city.If there were enough troops and supplies, Badu'er even thought that even if Tumen came in person, he would not be able to do anything to him.

However, there is a good saying, when you think things are going to be bad, things will only slip to a worse situation.Not only was Tumen Khan really present on the enemy side, but Baduer did not have "sufficient troops and supplies" at all.

To be exact, he only has about five hundred people, and...all of them are cavalry.As for supplies, bows and arrows are enough, and food, including cattle and sheep, is more than enough.

But the problem is that after the city was handed over to Tumed that year, some rolling stones and trees were gradually "discovered". Was it taken away by the Ming army, or was it abandoned by the Tumets later.And the Ming army's more deterrent and combat-effective city fire cannons... Think too much, Tumed doesn't have any, and even if they do, it's useless, because since the decline of Mongolia, the current Mongols don't know how to play this kind of thing at all. up.

In short, only the Ming army can use the method of defending the city. When it is Tumed's turn, only one or two of them are left. Apart from fortifying the city itself, the bows and arrows of the Tumed people can play some role. up.

When the Nine-White Banner appeared in the field of vision, Badu'er's heart tightened suddenly, and he thought to himself: It's really Tumen who are here!

However, although he was a little nervous, he was still a veteran of the battlefield after all, and he subconsciously observed the opponent's formation.According to some observations, his high-hanging heart finally let go a little bit.

The opponent came in a hurry, and it seemed that there was no siege equipment.If there is any good news for Shacheng at this time, this is probably the biggest good news.After all, the Mongols understand the Mongols, and the current Mongolia is no better than 200 years ago, and the ability to siege the city has basically returned to zero.

The lack of siege equipment means that even in the face of a fortified city with the simplest defense means, it is difficult for them to attack quickly, because no matter how brave you are, it is impossible to ride a horse into the city gate, let alone expect a horse to jump over the city wall .

Ba Du'er decided to stick to it, and even planned to go to the direction where Jiubaibai was located, to cheer and encourage the warriors under his command.

The Chahar people put the main attack on the main gate, which is the south gate, and the nine-fold white flag soon arrived outside the south gate and set it up.

Ba Du'er immediately went to the south gate, stepped up the tower quickly, and looked at the nine-shaped white banner in front of him with a stern expression.He felt a little touched in his heart, but quickly shook his head vigorously, clearing some things that shouldn't be thought out of his mind.

"Minhan Nayan, it's Tumen profusely here... What should we do now?" One of Badu'er's subordinates asked cautiously.

Minhan Nayan means the commander of thousands of officers, but there is a habitual deviation here. In fact, according to the Mongolian and Yuan military system, it should be called the commander of thousands of households, and "thousand households" is actually a basic army set by Genghis Khan. The system is equivalent to a standard post that can independently command one aspect of operations.

At that time, Genghis Khan divided the whole Mongolian people into 95 thousands of households, and then, according to the principle of meritorious deeds and rewards, entrusted them to the founding heroes and noble relatives, and appointed these meritorious officials and noble relatives as Qianhu Nayan (Nayan means officials) , lord, military lord), and they exercise hereditary control over the people respectively.

Genghis Khan issued a decree saying: "Those who serve for the establishment of the country will be entrusted with thousands of officials."At that time, he entrusted Qianhu Nayan with a total of 88 people, including 78 meritorious officials and 10 concubines.Since there are 3 sons-in-law with a total of 95 households, the number of enfeoffments is less than [-].

Although the thousand-household system is nominally based on thousands of households, in fact the number of households in each thousand-household system is not exactly the same.Under a thousand households, there are several hundred households, and under a hundred households there are ten households.This has formed a military and political organization system with layers of subordinates, strict governance, and flexible command.

The Mongolian period was still in the historical stage of conquest wars, and the Mongolians basically lived a militarized life.In the event of a war, those who are capable of fighting will be signed into the army, and after the war, they will be scattered back to the grassland to serve as the people.Therefore, although the thousand-household system is a military-civilian co-management system, in terms of its main functions, it is obviously more inclined to a form of military management organization.

Therefore, unlike the Ming Dynasty where the government and the army were separated and the government was greater than the army, the guard of Shacheng had thousands of households. He was not only the military commander of Shacheng, but also the political leader.Therefore, in addition to choosing "how to fight" like the general of a certain place in Ming Dynasty, he can also choose "whether to fight".

At this time, the situation is clear, the Chahar army outside the city can be seen by the naked eye, but the Chahar Khan Court is coming out in full force, and there are only five hundred people on our side, how can we hold it?
In all fairness, Badu'er himself didn't want to defend himself.It is really too great a disparity in strength, he is not a famous general, nor is he under the Ming army, relying on the defense of the fortified city is really not the leader of our side, going out of the city to fight in the field is.Besides, the other party is the Great Khan of All Mongolia, and I have not received orders from Taiji or the Great Khan to stick to it, so...is it reasonable to obey the Great Khan of Mongolia?
But he quickly put aside this idea and decided to defend the city.It wasn't that he suddenly realized his conscience and strengthened his determination to repay Hanaji Khan with death;He just figured out one thing: the cost of betrayal is greater than the possible gain.

Baduer believes that the Ming-Mongolian coalition has mobilized a full 60 troops this time, and it is a real number rather than a claim. Such a large army is talking about its combat power. anti.

Based on his understanding of the Ming army over the years, if the current Ming army sends 20 troops to be naturalized, even if Hannaji Khan can get the desperate support of Ordos Wanhu, he will only lose in the end.As for where to go, I don't know, anyway, I will definitely not be able to gain a foothold in naturalization.

Tumed plus Ordos should be slightly stronger than Chahar plus Waikalka on paper, so Du'er's thinking naturally fell into a kind of "since I can't do it, then you must not do it either." situation.

So obviously, despite Tumen Da Khan's [-] troops overwhelming Shacheng at this moment, in fact, as long as the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces found his whereabouts and rushed over, Da Khan, an old man, could only continue to run wild like a bereaved dog.

Simply put, there is no future following him.

What about the price of betrayal?That would be big.

He has a dignified Min Han face, he is also the head of a thousand households, but now he only has five hundred soldiers, is it because he really only has this few soldiers?

Of course not, that's because his soldiers were divided into three parts: one part was summoned by the Great Khan, and he took it with him to conquer Waikha; He took the weakest part with him because it was too close to the border between Ming and Mongolia, and there would be unnecessary misunderstandings if there were too many troops stationed here, and that was something Tumot would never dare to try now.

The movement of the Chahar army outside the city was also a little strange. They put on a very stern posture, but they stopped and formed for a while, but they never made any move to attack the city.

When the side of Shacheng made a posture of desperately defending the city as if facing an enemy, Burihatu, who stood under the white banner of the nine gates, sighed regretfully, shook his head and said, "I don't know who the defenders are, but I don't know who the defenders are." I'm a little timid, and it seems that I can't get out of it. Khan, do you follow the plan?"

Tumen also sighed, and said helplessly: "The fault is that this Khan's time is precious. How can we allow such short-sighted people to linger on, and they will definitely flatten the sand city and burn it down again, so as to vent their anger for the past! Anyway, now It's not the time to haggle with such unknown pawns...Buyan, you go, remember to fly Huang Taiji's flag well, so as not to cause any accidents."

"Yes, Great Khan." Buyan Taiji didn't seem worried, but he still asked the people around him to raise Huang Taiji's flag high, and followed him to the direction of the tower.

Baduer watched the flag representing Huang Taiji of Mongolia getting closer, but the knight who seemed to be Huang Taiji himself was surrounded by only two people.

Fortunately, Buyantaiji has rich combat experience and is very aware of the range of bows and arrows on the towers. He reined in and stopped at a distance that only Jebe's sharp shot could reach and it was absolutely impossible for ordinary archers to reach.

The next Mongolian Khan, who has been appointed by the emperor, took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "I am Buyan Huangtaiji of the Great Mongolian Kingdom. I am here today by the order of the Great Khan. Please listen to the order: donate five rations for the army." Ten carts, three hundred sheep, and two large carts of wine, the Khan will be freed from the crime of disrespect, and he will lead his troops to naturalize and question Tumet Chechen Khan!

The soldiers upstairs should know that the battle here has nothing to do with you, and all the merits and demerits should be accounted for by Han Najib!If you don't follow the order of the Great Khan, Huang Taiji swears by the blood of the supreme blood of the golden family, after breaking through the sand city-no chicken or dog will be left behind! "
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