The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 358 Happy cooperation
Mandulai is still a little confused.

Even though he was brought to An Guo with his hands tied.

But this right-wing Mongolian lord could never understand.

He looked up at An Guo and subconsciously asked, "What kind of firearm is that?"

An Guo also smiled because the Ming army won this battle easily.

In addition to deliberately showing weakness in the early stage, which resulted in the death of many soldiers, the soldiers of the Beijing Army later began to use firearms and artillery. No matter whether it was the brave and warlike Uriankhai bastards or the unparalleled right-wing cavalry with riding and shooting, they were almost all crushed and slaughtered by the soldiers of the Beijing Army!
In other words, in the face of firearms and artillery, the Mongols' once invincible era has completely come to an end!

And this will also be the greatest confidence for the Ming Dynasty to once again control the Hetao area and even the grassland!
"That's the standard firearm of our Ming army!"

"As for the rest, I won't go into details. You just need to know this!"

Standard firearms?

Does this mean that the Ming army will be equipped with these horrific firearms?

In this case, how can we go south to plunder the Ming people in the future?

I'm afraid he doesn't even know how he died!

For a moment, Mandulai felt a little desperate.

He never imagined that with the help of these horrible firearms, the Ming army would be transformed from weak two-legged sheep into vicious wolves capable of slaughtering them!
Those five thousand men were not even able to break into the city before they died one after another under the firearms of the Ming army!

How should this battle be fought?
There is no hope of winning at all!
Mandulai was completely desperate.

"Just kill me!"

"kill me!"

These were his last thoughts.

He was unwilling to face this cruel fact again and just wanted to die with those five thousand warriors.

But An Guo smiled and shook his head.

After spending so much effort to capture Mandulai alive, how could we possibly kill him?
"Mandulai, you are the leader of the Ordos tribe of the right wing of Eastern Mongolia. In order to maintain the power of the leaders of different surnames, you strongly opposed Dayan Khan's unification of Mongolia and the implementation of reforms. So you joined forces with the leader of Yongshebu, Yibula, to murder Dayan Khan's second son, the newly appointed Right Wing Jinong (Prince) Urusborot, right?"

Hearing this, Man Dulai trembled again, and a trace of panic flashed across his eyes without a trace.

The Ming army did not hide inside the Great Wall all the time. They had already found out everything on the grassland!
"What do you want to say? Do you want me to surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Why not?" An Guo continued to smile and seemed very confident.

Mandulai sneered and said sarcastically: "If it weren't for these horrible firearms, the warriors of my tribe could have crushed you, lowly Huza!"

Huza, this is a derogatory term used by the Mongols to refer to the Han people, just like the "little Mongolian prince", which is a derogatory term used by the Han court to refer to the Mongolian Khan!

Ever since Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty drove out the barbarians and restored China, a deep blood feud has been formed between the Han people and the Mongols. Not to mention that Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang launched thirteen northern expeditions and Emperor Taizong Zhu Di launched five northern expeditions. The once-powerful Ming Dynasty forced the Mongols to flee south in panic and migrate elsewhere to survive.

When the Ming Dynasty was at its peak of prosperity, the Oirat took advantage of the situation to rise and attacked the Ming Dynasty from the south. The Oirat Grand Master Yesen captured the Ming Emperor for a time, and then he marched to the outskirts of the Ming capital with an unstoppable force, almost destroying the Ming Dynasty and regaining control of the Central Plains!
Although he failed, it also proved the weakness of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, thereafter, wars broke out in the nine borders, countless Mongolian tribes went south to plunder and harass, and the blood feud between the two sides became so intense that it was irreconcilable!

Only these bastards from the Uriankhai tribe would abandon their dignity as Mongolian warriors, beg for mercy from the Ming Dynasty, and then repeatedly rebel.

As a noble lord of the right wing of Mongolia, how could Mandulai surrender to the Ming Dynasty in order to save his own life like the Uriankhai bastards?

"Don't waste your time!"

"I, Mandulai, am the darling of Changshengtian and the great lord of Mongolia. Even if you kill me, I will never surrender!"

As a proud Mongolian lord, he would not allow Mandulai to bow to the Ming Dynasty and serve it as a dog!

Hearing this, An Guo frowned subconsciously.

He is good at deploying troops and fighting on the battlefield, but he is not very professional when it comes to persuading people to surrender.

So An Guo wisely found Wang Qiong, who had a lower moral bottom line.

Wang Qiong was given the task at a critical moment. He looked at the ferocious-looking Mongolian lord and said some chilling words.

"Mandulai, right?"

"You are the leader of the Ordos tribe on the right wing of Eastern Mongolia, but now you have sacrificed five thousand elite cavalrymen!"

"I think these five thousand warriors are also from your Ordos tribe, which means you have successfully put your tribe in crisis!"

Wang Qiong said lazily: "You formed an alliance with Nayibula only because Dayan Khan wanted to eliminate you, the foreign lords, and restore the Golden Family's rule over the Mongolian grasslands. Both sides formed an alliance under pressure from the situation."

"Now not only have you, Mandulai, been defeated, but your entire army has also been wiped out. The Ordos tribe has suffered losses. What do you think Yibula will do once the news gets back?" "Will Yibula mobilize the entire right wing army to avenge you? Haha, I'm afraid your friendship is not good enough to that extent!"

"So the most likely thing Yibula would do is to lead his Yongshebu tribe to annex your Ordos tribe before you return, and become the largest tribe on the right wing of Eastern Mongolia. Isn't it very common for you Mongols to invade and annex each other?"

"Then, you, Mandulai, will be the sinner of the entire Ordos tribe!"

Wang Qiong's words successfully made Man Dulai extremely annoyed and furious!
He knows his ally Yibula better than anyone else!

Because Yibula is a madman!
The reason why Mandulai formed an alliance with Yibula was, as Wang Qiong said, that he just wanted to maintain his power as a great lord and did not want to be eliminated by Batu Mengke!
But Yibula is different!
This madman not only wanted to protect himself, he also wanted to learn from Yesen, kill Batumengke, and then unify Mongolia, become the Great Khan of Mongolia himself, and create a second "Golden Family"!
Back then, Yesen captured the Ming emperor, broke into the Ming capital, and almost destroyed the Ming Dynasty. Although he failed in the end, Yesen also gained high prestige on the grassland, and the Oirat became prosperous.

But no one expected that Yesen was also a madman. After he returned to Wala, he was at odds with the puppet Khan Toghto Bukha.

Although Toghtobukha was the Khan in name, the actual power was in the hands of Yesen, who was confident of his power and coveted the Khan position. Toghtobukha's wife was Yesen's sister, and Yesen wanted to make his sister's son the crown prince, but Toghtobukha refused. A fierce war broke out between the two sides, and finally Toghtobukha was defeated and fled.

After Toghtobuha's death, Yesen took advantage of the situation and proclaimed himself "Da Yuan Tiansheng Da Khan", established the title "Tianyuan", and regarded himself as the successor of "Huangyuan". He broke the traditional Mongolian concept on the grassland that only those from the golden clan could be called Khan, and became the first Khan in Mongolian history who was not from a golden family.

The impact is huge and devastating.

Because the Mongolian Khan must be born in the Golden Family, even those puppet Khans who were supported by lords of different surnames are descendants of the Golden Family, or at least the bloodline of Genghis Khan!
However, Yesen was not like that. He was just a great lord of the Oirat Mongols, but he dared to usurp the title of Khan and even called himself the "Emperor Yuan"!
In other words, Yesen set a precedent for rulers of different surnames to usurp the title of Khan!
From then on, the sacredness of the Golden Family was completely shattered by Yesen!
All powerful tribal lords can follow the example of Yesen, not respect Genghis Khan, not respect the Golden Family, and usurp the title of Khan themselves!

The consequence of this was that the Mongolian tribes were once again plunged into chaos and fighting, with no one able to restrain or mediate!
Just like before the rise of Genghis Khan, the entire grassland was filled with war and blood!
Yibula is such a madman!
He wanted to emulate the Oirat Grand Master Yesen and usurp the title of Khan!

This means that if there is really an opportunity, Yibula will definitely not care about the old friendship and will definitely take the opportunity to annex his Ordos tribe!
When he thought of this, Mandulai's face suddenly became extremely ugly!
He doesn't want to become the sinner of the tribe's destruction!

But what to do now?
Do we really want to surrender to the Ming Dynasty?
"You don't have to surrender!"

"Because of the repeated rebellions of the Wuliangha bastards, the Ming Dynasty has also lost trust in you Mongols!"

"So we can choose to cooperate. We will let you go back, and even provide you with money, food, weapons and equipment to strengthen your Ordos tribe!"

Wang Qiong's words made Mandulai unable to do anything.

What does it mean?
Is there any pie falling from the sky?
"Why are you doing this?"

Mandulai issued a soul-searching question!

He didn't believe that these Ming people would be so kind!
Not only let me go back, but also provide me with support?
"It's very simple. I, the Ming Dynasty, don't want to see Dayan Khan unify Mongolia!"

An Guo took over the conversation and gave the reason directly.

"It would be most beneficial for our Ming Dynasty if the grassland splits and falls into civil strife, or if we maintain the previous chaotic situation, at least there will be no strong enemies."

“But once Dayan Khan defeats you and annexes the Right Wing of Mongolia, a unified force will emerge on the grassland, just like the Oirat tribe led by Yesen back then. This is something that my Ming Dynasty will never tolerate!”

Mandulai seemed to understand.

"So you want to support me and provide me with weapons, money and food, just to make me continue to fight against Batu Mengke?"

"Not bad!"

"Oh, aren't you afraid that I will lead the tribe to surrender to Batu Mengke? Then all your plans will be fulfilled for him!"

An Guo frowned when he heard this, but Wang Qiong laughed out loud.

"Do you know?"

"Certainly not!"

"Because you are a great lord of a different surname, you are the one that Dayan Khan must eliminate!"

"Once a man has tasted the sweetness of power, he will never give it up easily. Otherwise, why would you, Mandulai, form an alliance with Yibula?"

Mandulai was silent.

He would definitely not give up his power to help Batumengke unify Mongolia!

So Mandulai put forward his request, asking for an exorbitant amount of money without any shame.

"I want your firearms, and I want the cannons like those just now!"

An Guo and Wang Qiong looked at each other, and then they both laughed out loud.

Wang Qiong extended his hand to Mandulai and said with a smile: "We can discuss it!"

Mandulai also subconsciously stretched out his hand, not being used to the etiquette of these Han people.

"Then, happy cooperation!"

(End of this chapter)