The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 353 The chaotic and complicated grassland situation

Fengzhouchuan, formerly known as "Chi Lechuan", is the Qiantao Plain with abundant water and grass.

The Northern Dynasty folk song "Chi Le Song" gives a vivid description of the Chi Le River.

Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.

The sky is like a dome, covering the four fields.

The sky is blue, the wild is vast.

The wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.

The Chi Le Chuan under the Yin Mountains includes the vast alluvial plain of the Yellow River, which is more than 1,200 miles long from east to west, south of the Yin Mountains and north of the Yellow River. The Tumochuan and Hetao Plains are the location of the "Shuozhou" of the Northern Wei Dynasty and are the central area of ​​"Chi Le Chuan".

After the Battle of Tumu, the Ming court was forced to withdraw its defense line southward, set up nine important border towns, build the Great Wall, and abandon the Hetao and Fengzhoutan areas, which were then occupied by the Oirat.

Later, the power of the Oirat Mongols declined and the Mongolian Dayan Khan rose to power, but this fertile pasture was occupied by Yibula's army.

But apart from Yibula, there are still a large number of tribes on the Qiantao Plain, such as the Oirat and the three Uriankhai tribes.

More than 500 miles north of Xifengkou was the former Daningdusi, which has now become a fertile pasture where the three Uriankhai guards can roam freely.

Since the Yongle period, the three Uriankhai guards, having tasted the sweetness, never truly surrendered. They fought unremittingly with the Ming Dynasty for the Daning area. It was not until the Zhengde period that they finally got their wish and came to the edge of the Ming Great Wall to graze.

The distribution of the grazing grounds of the three Wuliangha guards was as follows: "From Daning to Xifengkou, near Xuanfu, it is called Duoyan; from Jinzhou and Yizhou through Guangning Guard to Liaohe, it is called Taining; from Huangniwa through Shenyang and Tieling to Kaiyuan, it is called Fuyu."

Originally, among the three guards, Taining Guard was the strongest, followed by Fuyu Guard, and Duoyan Guard was the weakest.

The wise and powerful Emperor Yongle deliberately appointed Doyan Guard as the leader of the Three Guards, and his intention is self-evident.

As a result, Duoyan Guard quickly rose with the support of the Ming court and gradually annexed the other two guards.

During the Yongle period, the Uriankhai tribe secretly attached themselves to Arutai, the Tatar, and began to invade the northern part of the Ming Dynasty. They constantly used the excuse of selling horses to enter the Ming border to spy on the truth. Upon hearing the news, Emperor Yongle led the army in person for the third time. Arutai's troops abandoned the three Uriankhai guards and fled north. Yongle defeated the Uriankhai army at the Qule River and had no plan to behead them. After suffering such a heavy blow, the Uriankhai people surrendered to the Ming Dynasty one after another.

During the reigns of Emperors Renzong and Xuanzong, the three Wuliangha guards repeatedly invaded the Ming territory, relying on Daning as a springboard to plunder between Yongping and Shanhaiguan, until Emperor Xuande personally led 3,000 elite soldiers to pursue them, and the Ming army advanced on both wings and defeated the three guards. When the soldiers of the three Wuliangha guards saw the yellow dragon flag, they dismounted and surrendered, but were all captured alive by the Ming army. The three guards then slightly withdrew their fighting spirit and once took the initiative to ask the Ming court to surrender.

At the end of the Xuande period, the three Uriankhai guards secretly married the Oirat. After Yesen ascended to the throne, he continued to implement a conciliatory policy towards the three Uriankhai guards, which made the relationship between the Oirat and the three guards closer. He also induced the three guards to betray the Ming and act as the vanguard of the Oirat to invade the Jurchens and the Ming border. The three Uriankhai guards then "secretly served as the Oirat's spies", constantly active on the Ji-Liao border and spying on the Ming border. Finally, because of Zhu Qizhen's foolish behavior, the "Tumu Disaster" occurred.

After the Tumu Incident, the Ming court still frequently sent envoys to the Three Uriankhai Guards to convey imperial edicts and comfort them. However, the Three Guards had already received Yesen's orders and sent envoys to pay tribute several times without any agreement in order to spy on the strength of the Ming Dynasty's defenses. Soon Yesen forced the Doyan Guard to migrate to another place. The Three Guards could not bear the ravages of the Oirat Mongols, so they secretly passed on Oirat intelligence to the Ming Dynasty and requested to be stationed near the Ming Dynasty border. However, in view of their despicable nature, Emperor Jingtai rejected their request. The Three Uriankhai Guards then turned to the Tatar tribe, secretly interacted with its leader Borai, and acted as his guide.

In the first year of Chenghua, the three guards of the Uriankhai tribe sent 90,000 soldiers to follow Bolai to invade the Liaohe area. Soon after, the Uriankhai tribe joined forces with the Tatar tribe's Maurhai in the west and the Haixi soldiers in the east. They sent troops to the interior of the country to plunder many times. Although they were attacked several times by Ming defenders, they still continued to invade.

However, Nahai, the leader of another Tatar tribe, led an army of 30,000, attacked Daning and Jinshan, crossed the Laohe River, attacked and killed Bayan, the leader of the Three Guards, and others, and looted tens of thousands of people and livestock. To avoid the war, the people of the Three Guards "took the old and the weak and fled to the border." The Ming border guard Liu Chan reported to the court, and Emperor Xianzong ordered the border guards to distribute fodder to the refugees of the Three Guards and give them preferential treatment.

However, the three Uriankhai guards continued to disturb the border. In the early years of Hongzhi, they often plundered Gubei, Kaiyuan and other places. Not long after, the three Uriankhai guards were invaded again by the Tatar leader, the little prince. The leaders of the three guards apologized to the Ming border guards one after another to avoid war.

Because of its bad nature of sometimes rebelling and sometimes submitting, and the constant rebellion and wars with the Tatar Mongols and the Oirat Mongols, it became a huge headache for both the grassland tribes and the Ming court.

However, the warriors of the three Uriankhai guards were all valiant and good at fighting. They could ride horses at the age of three and draw bows at the age of five. They could fight guerrilla warfare without their armor and could become heavy cavalrymen when they put on their armor.

Moreover, all the people in the country are soldiers in the battle, they are tough and brutal in character, and they are highly mobile. If they can't win, they will run away. In short, they are a group of desperate criminals who have no scruples, no bottom line, and only care about interests.

When the scout hunting eagle slowly landed, the face of the warrior Yidouyan became extremely ugly.

He quickly rode his horse to the bear-like Hua Dang, dismounted and reported: "Commander-in-chief, the Ming court wants to rebuild the city in Dongshengwei!"

Hua Dang, who was looking at the pasture, turned his hawk-beaked and hawk-eyed face and said calmly: "Let Ge Lie Hao Luo and his children and grandsons gather the army and target Dongsheng City!"

"It seems that the Ming court has forgotten who this pasture belongs to because they didn't raid southwards during the winter!"

"These weak two-legged sheep usually just hide inside the Great Wall. How dare they march into the Hetao Pasture?!" Hua Dang sneered. He did not like the title "Governor of Duoyan" because it was an official title granted by the Ming court.

However, the century-long feud between the Three Guards and the Ming court had made the people of the Three Uriankhai Guards accustomed to being led by Governor Doyan, so he had to admit it, even though the title made him feel sick!
Wuliangha had lost their faith and ambition in their entanglement with the Ming court!
They are not the "Three Guards of Doyan" but the Wuliangha Warriors!

One is a slave surrendered to the Ming court, the other is a warrior galloping across the grasslands. There is a world of difference between the two!

Loud trumpets sounded, war horses neighed, and the Three Guards warriors scattered across the grassland formed an army formation in an instant like drops of water gathering to form a sea. Gelie Luo and his children and grandchildren stood in front of the army. Everyone looked fanatically at the Doyan governor Hua Dang, their eyes filled with excitement and a cruel smile on their lips.

Because, this is the clarion call for the army to march out!

Every expedition to the south means money, food and women!
Hua Dang stood up on his horse, whipped his horse and shouted, "My men! The Ming people are building a city in Dongsheng. They want to use this as a base to take away the pastures under our feet! They want to take away the war horses under our crotches! They want to take away our lives!"

"You guys, do you agree?"

"kill!"

"Kill all these two-legged sheep!"

"Go south! Go south! It's been a long time since I've tasted a Ming woman!"

Hua Dang was quite satisfied with the response of the tribal warriors. The Ming people were nothing more than two-legged sheep, and they were the descendants of Changshengtian.

He raised his head and looked directly at the scorching sun hanging high in the sky, enjoying this innate nobility and the gentle caress of Changshengtian, until hot tears flowed from his eyes!

Hua Dang licked all the tears from the corners of his mouth lovingly, then raised his whip and headed south, shouting: "My men, go and kill! Go and fight! Changshengtian protects you!"

Five thousand Doyan warriors roared with excitement, and then, led by Gelie Luo and his grandsons, they rushed forward like a hurricane and headed straight for Dongsheng City.

They wanted to use the scimitars in their hands to tell the little emperor of the Ming court that the owner of this pasture was Wuliangha!

At the same time, a large Wala army was heading towards Dongsheng City.

Since the killing of Yesen Khan, the Oirat Mongols have been completely divided.

When Dayan Khan began to rule the country, Yesen Khan's grandson, the great Oirat leader Keshe, had died and passed the throne to his son Yanghan Wang. His second brother Asha was supported by his subordinates as Amu Ke Tai Shi, which means "the Tai Shi who controls everything" or "the highest Tai Shi". At this time, the Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was called Ahem, who continued the banner of Wais Khan's holy war and continued to attack the Oirat.

To make matters worse, Keshe's third brother Aligudo called himself the Grand Master, and he and his second brother, the Grand Master Asha, fought each other for power, which led to internal strife. The Choros itself began to split, and eventually Asha's part became the later Dzungar tribe, while Aligudo's part became the later Dzungar tribe.

However, the biggest blow to the Oirat came from Eastern Mongolia.

Dayan Khan was determined to strike down all powerful officials of different surnames in Mongolia and restore the rule of the Golden Family. He wanted to eliminate all the grand masters and the like. The Oirat had two grand masters, so they naturally became thorns in his side.

When Dayan Khan officially ascended the throne in his teens, Mandu Haichechen launched a full-scale attack on the Oirat. The Oirat had to deal with the attacks of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate on the one hand, and internal strife and division on the other, so it was defeated. Dayan Khan, who defeated the Oirat, issued a clear and detailed "code of conduct" to the Oirat after the victory.

What is "Code of Conduct"?
This "code of conduct" requires that from now on, Wala "houses cannot be called palaces or houses, and the red tassels on the head cannot be longer than four fingers." In other words, the place you live in cannot be called a palace or a house, and the red tassels on your head cannot be longer than four fingers. In addition, it stipulates that meat can only be eaten with the mouth, not cut with a knife, and that Wukesu (yogurt) cannot be called Wukesu, but can only be called Chege, etc.

Because the Oirat people were not Mongolians, they were able to live in peace with the Mongols on the grassland only because they submitted to the powerful Genghis Khan and intermarried with the Mongols.

The original name of the Oirat was the Oirat. Both the Mongol Khanate and the Yuan Empire promoted the nobles of the Oirat to higher positions. Although this greatly improved the political status of the Oirat people, it also greatly changed their lifestyle.

In addition, the Mongol Yuan royal family also actively engaged in intermarriage with the Oirat people for generations, allowing the Oirat nobles to become members of the Mongol Yuan ruling class, which on the one hand enhanced the political status of the Oirat people and on the other hand strengthened the Mongol Yuan royal family's control over the Oirat people.

History has proven that the efforts made by the Mongol rulers were worthwhile, because as the political status and identity of the Oirat people improved, they increasingly felt that they were an important part of the Mongol Khanate, and that this composition was an internal system, rather than a so-called external submission.

In other words, they can also be called members of the golden family.

Unfortunately, after Dayan Khan's crazy suppression, the Oirat had to recognize Dayan Khan's sovereignty.

At this moment, they also sent some spies to Dongsheng City, trying to find an opportunity to profit from the situation!
After all, the Ming army, the left and right wings of Eastern Mongolia, and the Uriankhai, four major forces are about to engage in a melee on the Hetao Plain. Who can guarantee that they will be the final winner?
(End of this chapter)