Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 65: Who is the eagle in the world (Part )
The densely packed Chahar army gathered in Wachartucha Hancheng (today's Chifeng, Inner Mongolia), which was a fortified city built by the great "God of Gods, All-Wise Genghis Long Khan" (Lin Dan Khan).

"Great Khan, the army has been assembled. Please give me your instructions." Tashhai, the commander-in-chief of the left wing, respectfully asked for instructions.

Thirty-eight-year-old Lin Danhan sighed in his heart. At the age of thirteen, he succeeded the Mongolian Great Khan. Although he was nominally regarded as the co-lord of the Monan tribes, he could only control the Chahar tribe in Liaohetao. Outer Khalkha in Mobei did not recognize his status; Oirat in Moxi was his enemy; and the Jurchen tribe in the east became increasingly powerful. Surrounded by powerful enemies, he built this strong city. Over the years, he once conquered the five tribes of Inner Khalkha and partially restored the majesty that the Mongol Khan should have, but he finally had to leave this city where he had devoted his efforts and embark on a journey to the west.

After calming down, he calmly said to Dorot Taiji: "I entrust the old land of Chahar to you, and you must defend Liaohetao."
"Yes, Khan", Dorotetaiji's answer was as firm as iron.

"Yeah", Lin Danhan hummed with satisfaction, looked at Wachartucha Seoul again reluctantly, and murmured two words in a low voice: "Let's go!"

After a military order, the vanguard Badasi Zhaisang galloped with 5,000 elite cavalry, followed by the 15,000 men of the right wing commander Huluke Zhaisang, and the left wing commander Tashhai led 20,000 elite troops to guard the Chinese army. He gathered the people and baggage, and at the end were more than 10,000 rear troops. There are more than 50,000 soldiers and more than 200,000 tribesmen. This was not only a westward expedition, but also a westward migration.

He had to move westward, and his decline began with his conversion to Sakya. In 1617, the Sakya monk Sharhutuktu came to Chahar. He was impressed by the master's magic and made him a national teacher. He also received the initiation of the esoteric Tantra and converted from the Yellow Sect to the Red Sect (the Red Sect in a broad sense includes the Nyingma Sect, Sakya Sect and Kagyu Sect). The master took from Mount Wutai the Mahakara Golden Buddha (also known as Mahakala, the protector of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty) made with thousands of gold by Master Phagsipa of the Sakya Sect during the reign of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty. He built it in Chahanhot The golden-domed white temple houses the golden Buddha.

His original intention was to imitate the story of Kublai Khan and Pasirba and use his relationship with Sharhutuktu to establish his authority. However, it had the opposite effect. On the contrary, it aggravated the disunity of the Mongolian tribes that believed in the Yellow Sect and weakened its own appeal.

snort! People all over the world say that I was deceived by Sarhutuktu of the Nasakya sect and converted to the Red Religion. This is a big mistake. But how can those sparrows know my painstaking efforts! Mongolian tribes have been dissatisfied with the king for many years, and most of them believe in the Yellow Sect (Gelug Sect). Whenever I want to use weapons against these tribes, there is always a Yellow Sect master who advises me to want peace. It is neither a fight nor a fight. If this continues, how can I unify Mongolia? In addition, although the Nyingma, Sakya and Kagyu sects are not powerful enough to compete with the Gelug sect, together they far surpass the Yellow sect. Especially in the vast snow-covered plateau, the Nyingma and Kagyu sects are powerful and are enemies of the Yellow Sect, so they can win over them and control the snow-covered areas.

Therefore, I abandon "yellow" and believe in "red". Unexpectedly, everyone betrayed their relatives and separated! The Horqin tribe fell into the arms of the Jin Kingdom, and the five Neikalkha tribes also betrayed me. I hated the five radicals of the Inner Khalkha, so I attacked them, and allowed the Jin Kingdom to destroy the Inner Khalkha. Unexpectedly, I lost my buffer and faced the Jurchen army. I did make a wrong move in this move!

Huang Taiji of the Jin Kingdom was even more insidious than his father Nurhachi. He first launched a counterattack and destroyed the five Inner Kalkha tribes, and then infiltrated into my Chahar tribe. Among my eight Otuoks, Naiman and Aohan are closest to the Kingdom of Jin. In order to relieve the pressure, they have always wanted me to negotiate peace with Huang Taiji. The insidious Huang Taiji stirred up dissension, making me mistakenly think that they had betrayed me, and sent troops to attack them. This actually forced Naiman and Aohan to surrender to the Jin Kingdom. Their betrayal made people in Chahar panic, and by the time I realized it, it was too late.

To make matters worse, the Jin Kingdom captured Guangning, which was the gateway for trade between me and the Ming Kingdom. Without Guangning, we would be unable to trade with the Ming Kingdom and obtain the supplies our tribes need. What’s even more ridiculous is that the newly enthroned Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty was very stingy. It is said that he was reluctant to wear new dragon robes. It's okay for you to be stingy, but why do you want to stop giving me the "yearly reward"? I have no enmity with the Golden Kingdom at all, but the reason why I have enmity with it is not because of those "annual rewards." If you don't give me money, who will work for you?

So, I decided to move west. Everyone in the world thought that I moved westward because I was afraid of Huang Taiji of the Jin Kingdom. Haha, how could they know my ambition? There are three reasons for moving westward: first, the people in Chahar are now unstable, and the Jin Kingdom is at its peak, so the reason for moving westward is to preserve its strength; secondly, the right-wing Kalaqin, Tumote and other tribes are in conflict with the Ming Dynasty. The country has been peacefully trading for many years, and has long forgotten how to fight. They are both rich and weak. They are like fat sheep in my eyes. By annexing them, I can not only restore the status of the Mongolian Khan as the co-owner, but also gain a lot of wealth and restore my strength. Third, you can take the generous "market rewards" given to the right wing by the Ming Dynasty as your own and obtain supplies that are in short supply.

On the way to the west, the great Lin Danhan couldn't help thinking about the gains and losses of the westward move, feeling that everything was under his control.

On the surface, this is indeed the case. The Chahar army used the autumn wind to sweep away fallen leaves, defeating the Karaqin tribe in the hometown of Shangdu in the Xuanfu Dynasty and the Tumut tribe in Guihua City. After several battles, it completely pacified the right wing area and expelled King Bu of Shunyi. Shitu (the grandson of Tumote Ada Khan) abolished Jinong Elinchen (Jinong is a hereditary official position on the right wing, stationed in Ordos).

However, military victory does not mean political victory.

The move westward made the Mongolian Khan offend most of the Mongolian feudal lords, and he fell into a lonely situation, getting further and further away from the dream of unifying Mongolia. All the right-wing ministries surrendered to the Jin Kingdom one after another.

The westward migration also caused the relationship between Lin Danhan and Ming Dynasty to deteriorate. Emperor Chongzhen "removed all the rewards", which made Lin Dan Khan's goal of obtaining the "market reward" owned by the right wing failed. The minister Gui Yingqia sent to claim the reward was also killed by the Ming army. In desperation, he invaded Datong. It was so effective that due to military pressure, the Ming Dynasty resumed the "market reward" the following year. The Great Khan saw through the weakness of Ming Dynasty and invaded Ming Dynasty many times.

The cunning Huang Taiji took advantage of the opportunity of the main force of Chahar to move westward and attacked the Chahar tribe who stayed in Liaohetao. He defeated Dorotetaiji. Not only Naiman and Aohan Otok defected to Houjin, but also Ala Kezot Otok also followed in his footsteps and received gold. In the end, Huang Taiji annexed the hometown of Chahar and Harashen, and the great Lin Dan Khan only occupied the Hetao and Tumochuan areas west of Xuanfu. When the trees fell and the hozens dispersed, Haqit, Uzhumqin, and Sunit and the three Otok went north to join Mobei Transkalkha Shuolei Huitaiji (later the Chechen Khan).

Lin Danhan is neither afraid nor pessimistic. The Hetao and Tumochuan areas to the west of Xuanfu that he occupies are rare sacred places in the world and are very prosperous. In time, he will definitely be able to make up for his losses. However, Changshengtian made a big joke for him. After capturing Hetao and Tumochuan, the White Hair Disaster actually occurred. "There was an early frost outside the Great Wall, no crops were harvested and severe epidemics prevailed." This put the Chahar tribe into almost a desperate situation. "The Chahar tribe was very tired, hungry, and poor." The number of soldiers was severely reduced. "The troops were only 40,000, and the troops were less than 50,000." ".

In order to obtain food and other living supplies, the Chahar tribe had to rob Mingjing many times. At the same time, the eager Huang Taiji saw a good opportunity to attack and destroy the Chahar tribe, and actively planned the second "Conquest" battle.

The wind picked up, it was so strong that it blew the sweat tent of the Mongol Khan in Tumochuan.

"Sweat profusely, the weather is cold, drink a bowl of hot mare's kumiss bar", the beautiful Nangnang Kedun served the steaming mare's milk wine.

Although he has many concubines, eight of them by title alone, Lin Dan Khan loves his wife very much. Not only is she young and beautiful, but she is also gentle and virtuous. Her only regret is that she has not yet given birth to a prince. The scarcity of heirs has always been Lin Dan Khan's regret. At present, only Su Taiyunji has given birth to his eldest son Erke Kongo Erzhe. It seems that we need to work harder!

"Thank you, Ke Dun." Lin Danhan considerately held his wife's catkins.

This scene moved the two iron men Konotsumu who were guarding the Great Khan: Qutu Taiji and Gunchuk Taiji. One of them was the Great Khan's younger brother and the other was the Great Khan's brother-in-law. Lin Dan Khan trusted him the most. people.

Gonchuk Taiji gently tugged on the sleeves of Guitu Taiji's robe, and Nuitu understood his intention, bowed and exited the tent with Gonchuk, leaving the Great Khan and Ketun alone.

The expected entanglement did not happen, and Nang Nang Ke Dun sighed leisurely, "Khan, my brother-in-law sent me a letter, saying that if there is an emergency, you can go to them." The brother-in-law she refers to is Huetai Ji Shuolei of the Khalkha Mongolian Chechen Tribe. Shuolei's wife Ahai is the biological sister of Lin Dan Khan Ke Dun Nang Nang.

"Hahaha, the mighty Mongol Khan has not yet reached the point of fleeing to Mobei." Lin Danhan laughed loudly after hearing this and comforted her: "Good wife, don't panic, I still have a clever move!"

He does have a clever move, and if he plays it well, everything will be fine. That is to form an alliance with Zangba Khan in Shigatse and Baili Chieftain in Kham District to establish an "Anti-Yellow Religion Alliance." Then with their support, Qinghai and Lhasa were captured as the basis of the king's hegemony.

Thinking of this, a generation of heroes suddenly became heroic. He thought carefully: If you want to capture Lhasa, you must first capture the Qinghai Lake area. But I have just captured Hetao and Tumochuan, and my footing is unstable and it is not suitable for an expedition. I have to send someone loyal and reliable to stand in front of me.

Who to send? Lin Dan Khan sorted through all the ministers who were willing to obey his orders, and finally set his sights on Choktu Taiji (Choutu Khan) of the Khalkha Mongolia.

This guy is great! Like me, he believes in the Sakya sect; he is very loyal and pays tribute to me every year; he is strong and has most of Mongolia under his command; what is even better is that this person has just lost the power struggle within Khalkha. Bei can't stay any longer and will definitely be willing to obey orders.

Well, I sent him to Qinghai Lake to occupy the grassland there and manage it well. He will be my fortress when I march into Lhasa in the future!
(End of this chapter)