Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 201 Meeting Arut

However, what the Brigadier leader did not expect was that he had never heard of the news that the tribes in Khalkha were attacked by the Ming army. A Ming army of tens of thousands actually crossed Khalkha and appeared in Baikal. South of the lake, which surprised and horrified him.

Although the generals of the Ming army sent messages to themselves, claiming that they were willing to help the Buriyat people drive out the Rus, the Buriyat leaders did not believe that the Ming army's help to the Buriyat people was free. This place must have their purpose.

However, even so, the leader of Brigadier had no choice. Facing the invasion of the Rus, he could still lead his troops to fight against it, but in the face of the attack of tens of thousands of Ming troops, Brigadier had no choice. No chance of winning.

So even if the Ming army came here with ill intentions and wanted to occupy the territory of Buli Yati like the Ross people, Bu Li Yati would have no power to fight back against the invasion of the Ming army.

There were only two choices before Brigadier, either surrender or escape.

After much deliberation, the leader of Bu Li Yati decided to meet the generals of the Ming army, because instead of leaving his homeland and choosing to escape, it is better to submit to the Ming army to keep his territory. At least the Ming army seems to be more talkative , unlike the Ross people, they are simply a group of robbers.

Subsequently, the leader of Brigadier sent an envoy to see Mangui and informed Mangui that he was willing to come to see him.

Mangui immediately ordered the camp to be set up on the spot, and asked the soldiers to collect the corpses of the Bligati people and prepare some gold, silver and cloth as gifts.

In the afternoon, the Brigadier leader came over, escorted by hundreds of Brigadier cavalry. They all dismounted a hundred meters away from the Ming army camp and walked towards this direction on foot.

Mangui rode his horse and waited in front of the camp. When he saw that all the Brigadiers had dismounted, he raised his hand, and the soldiers behind him put away their firecrackers.

The leader of Brigadier walked up to Mangui's horse and saluted Mangui, "Arut of Brigadier tribe, see the general!"

Man Gui looked at Arut for a while, then laughed loudly and got off his horse. He personally came forward to hold Arut's shoulders, "It's really rude of Man Gui to ask the Khan to come in person. Please come quickly to the Khan." , I have prepared a banquet and am ready to get drunk with the Khan before we retire!"

Facing such enthusiastic Man Gui, Arut suddenly felt a little flattered, so he had to follow Man Gui into the Ming army's camp, and was pulled into the camp by Man Gui.

Mangui personally poured a bowl of wine for Arut and handed it to him. Then he picked up his own wine bowl, touched it to Arut, and said cheerfully: "Khan, although this is the first time we have met, , but there are not so many mothers-in-law among men. After drinking this bowl of wine, we will be friends!"

After saying this, Mangui raised his hand to drink up his wine bowl.

Seeing this, Arut had no choice but to raise his head and drink up his wine bowl, but he still didn't let go of his wariness towards Man Gui.

Mangui then waved to his men, and hundreds of soldiers carried the bodies of the Brigadiers who had been restrained before to the tent.

Mangui said to Arut: "Great Khan, there was indeed some misunderstanding between you and me today, but I have sent people to collect the bodies of these brothers. At the same time, I have also prepared some gifts as compensation!"

While he was talking, a lieutenant had already moved all the gold and silver cloth in front of Arut.

Arut was immediately moved when he saw this, and hurriedly saluted Mangui, "General, you are so kind and righteous. Speaking of which, today I, Brigadier, admitted the wrong person and offended the Tomorrow Army. How dare you accept these things now?" , I hope the general will not blame me for being disrespectful!"

Man Gui waved his hand, but said very cheerfully: "What does this mean? Just accept it."

How could Arut think that not only was he not threatened and humiliated by the Ming army during his trip, but instead he got a lot of gold, silver and cloth, he felt a little embarrassed for a while.

Man Gui, on the other hand, struck while the iron was hot and said: "I, Man Gui, am a cheerful person, and I speak directly when I have something to say. I invited the Great Khan here today because I hope that the Great Khan can lead your troops to submit to the Ming Dynasty. I will certainly not treat him badly." Your department can not only help your department expel foreigners and ensure your safety, but also make your department more and more prosperous in the future!"

As soon as Arut heard this, he was immediately excited. The emotion and embarrassment he had felt before were instantly wiped away. He didn't expect that Man Gui would "see him" so quickly, and he would do so without any concealment. stated his intention.

Looking at Arut's expression, Mangui knew that Arut would not believe him so easily, accept this proposal, and surrender to the Ming Dynasty, so he continued: "Of course, there is no rush in this matter, I can give it to the Great Khan Take some time to think about it carefully, and even if the Great Khan doesn’t agree, it doesn’t matter, I’m still willing to help your ministry expel those Russians!”

After hearing this, Arut became even more suspicious. He began to be a little confused about the purpose of the Ming army. They couldn't come here specifically to plot the territory of the Bligati tribe, right?
Man Gui can naturally guess the doubts in Arut's heart. If he doesn't help him dispel his doubts, it will be a waste of time to say more, and it is not very important for Man Gui at this time whether the Bu Liya Tibu surrenders to Daming thing, because his purpose was to expel the Rus from Siberia and occupy the Ural Mountains.

Therefore, even if the Bligati tribe is unwilling to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, Mangui will not force it, but at least they cannot be enemies of the Ming Dynasty and prevent them from marching north.

Mangui simply took out his map, showed it to Alut, and said to him: "In fact, the destination of this general's march north is the Ural Mountains. I want to expel all the Russians in Siberia." Go out and set up a defensive line in the Ural Mountains to prevent them from crossing the Ural Mountains and coming to Siberia."

Arut looked at Man Gui's map, and after listening to Man Gui's explanation, he was a little confused. Now he couldn't even understand what the Ming army wanted to do.

Mangui didn't expect that he had spoken so clearly. Arut was still confused, so he could only draw a big circle on the map with his finger, and said: "The reason why we have to drive away the Russians and establish a stronghold in the Urals A defense line has been set up in the mountains to prevent the Russians from crossing the border. The purpose is naturally to help our emperor occupy the entire Siberia!"

When Arut heard this, he suddenly woke up. In fact, he didn't think of this possibility at all just now, but the entire Siberia region is too large, almost as large as the current territory of Ming Dynasty. He dared not Even if I think about it, I wouldn’t dare to guess that.

But thinking about it carefully, the Ming Dynasty dispatched tens of thousands of troops and traveled thousands of miles to come here. It seems that this is the only reasonable explanation. But even so, Arut was still shocked for a long time before he came back to his senses.But then I thought about it, the Russians only had less than 1 troops, and they still wanted to occupy the entire Siberia. With the strength of the Ming Dynasty, why couldn't they have the ambition to occupy the entire Siberia!
Arut hates the Russians with all his heart, and he has never had contact with the Ming Dynasty before, but now Mangui still has a good impression on him. If he wants to surrender to one of them in the end, then he will definitely It’s about choosing Ming, not Ross.

Arut opened his mouth, but in the end he still did not say anything about surrendering to Ming. He still planned to consider such an important matter carefully and get the consent of his subordinates.

Mangui put away the map and said to Arut: "Great Khan, no matter what, at least we are not enemies now, so I want to use the passage to march from your army. I hope the Great Khan can cooperate more." yes!"

Arut did not hesitate at all about this, and immediately said: "This is natural, the Tomorrow's Army will take advantage of it, how dare I, the Liyati Department, obstruct it!"

Mangui nodded and said: "As for the Russians who are entrenched in Lake Baikal, I will definitely deal with them as well. I have to trouble the Great Khan to be a guide for our Ming army!"

Arut agreed to this very readily. The Ming army helped him expel the Russians and take revenge. This was something he could only dream of.

After the matter was agreed upon, the two parties had a good time drinking and chatting. During the dinner, Mangui asked Arut about some things about the Russian people.

Through Arut's mouth, Mangui learned that most of the Uuliangha people who originally lived in the southeast had migrated to the Jiliao area after being naturalized in the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining people had been forced to build slaves in recent years. The pressure also gradually migrated to the west, located in the northern area of ​​​​the most western of the three tribes of Khalkha, the Zasaktu Khan tribe.

It turns out that Ulyanha's territory has been occupied by the Chechen Khan tribe and the Brigadier tribe.

The Russians' invasion of Siberia has been around for a long time. As early as 30 years ago, the Russians crossed the Ural Mountains, conquered the Siberian Khanate in the West Siberian Plain, and occupied the Western Siberian Plain. Expanding eastward, the sphere of influence has been extended to Lake Baikal.

It is said that when the Rus invaded the Western Siberian Plain, they only had 800 troops, but they defeated the Siberian Khanate with only these 800 troops. This made Mangui feel incredible.

"Is it possible that all the people of Ruos are warrior gods descended to earth, capable of riding a horse as powerful as a thousand?"

Arut shook his head and explained: "Those Russians say they are an army, but in fact they are more like a group of gangsters. Not only are they brave and good at fighting, but they also have muskets in their hands, so they are extremely difficult to deal with.

Also, the plains of Western Siberia are covered with forests, and even the cavalry cannot charge. On the contrary, the Russians are good at jungle warfare. With the advantage of holding fire guns, they can easily defeat the cavalry of the Siberian Khanate. "

Mangui nodded, and he could probably figure out what was going on. If it was in an open plain, a mere 800 people would not be able to withstand the attack of a large number of cavalry, but if they were fighting in the jungle, the cavalry team would not be able to form a formation at all. Once the charge is dispersed and the enemy has muskets, they will only be beaten.

Fortunately, the Ming army had undergone more than a year of riding and shooting training, and they also carried new squatting tiger cannons. Even in jungle warfare, they were not afraid of the Russians.

Arut also said that although the Russians have not yet been able to conquer the Brigadier tribes around Lake Baikal, they have not stopped expanding eastward. A Russian force has already bypassed Lake Baikal and continued to move eastward. .

The Russians have bypassed Lake Baikal and headed east, and their destination is the Ural Mountains in the west. Naturally, it is impossible to pursue the Russians in the east. Moreover, the land here is vast, and they may not be able to find traces of the Russians. , annihilate them all.

But if you leave the Russians in the east alone and march to the west to fight the Russians in the west, you are likely to be attacked by the Russians in the east, resulting in a situation where you are attacked from both sides.

After weighing again and again, Mangui intends to build a few more fortresses on Lake Baikal, build the area around Lake Baikal into a large stronghold, and increase the number of garrisons.

In this way, if the Russians in the east bypass Lake Baikal and attempt to sneak attack the rear of their own army, they can dispatch the garrison around Lake Baikal to attack and eliminate them.

In addition, Mangui really wants to occupy the area around Lake Baikal. From the map, Lake Baikal is very large. The length of the lake is more than 1000 miles and the width of the lake is also 150 miles. Such a big lake can cover the entire lake. I visited several Poyang Lakes.

The most important thing is that this lake is a freshwater lake. If the map is correct and Lake Baikal is really that big, it is an excellent water source.

Mangui then proposed to go to Lake Baikal, but Arut said: "Now the Russians are entrenched around Lake Baikal and have built many fortresses around Lake Baikal. It may not be very safe now."

When Mangui heard this, he became even more determined to capture Lake Baikal. With the Russians here, there was nothing to be afraid of. Why not just save yourself from going to find them and just take care of them?

After drinking and eating, Arut left Mangui's camp with gifts and the corpses of his clansmen, while Mangui gave the order to the whole army to prepare for battle tomorrow morning and set off for Lake Baikal.

It is a coincidence that when the Manchurian-Guangxi army arrived at the south bank of Lake Baikal, they happened to run into a Russian army coming from the northwest. This army had less than a hundred people, but it showed no fear in the face of tens of thousands of Ming troops. Instead, he rode on his horse and started shooting at the Ming army with his gun.

When Mangui saw these dozens of Russians, he was still a little hesitant. He was worried that there would be a misunderstanding like yesterday, and it would be bad if he accidentally killed the Brigadiers again.

Moreover, there were only a few dozen people coming, and Man Gui didn't take them seriously. He planned to find out the identity of the other party, but he didn't expect that the other party dared to attack him in the face of his tens of thousands of troops. , this is no longer a question of "Tiger" or not, this is "Biao"!

But Mangui didn't know that this was because the Russians were used to running rampant in Siberia. They relied on the muskets in their hands to win with less. When they often encountered large Tatar troops, they fired a few shots from a distance and then The Tatars were so frightened that they fled or surrendered.

But it doesn't matter whether Man Gui knows about this situation or not. If he dares to provoke the Ming army, he will only die!
(End of this chapter)