Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 721 Prelude to going straight to Beijing

Now that it has been decided to attack Beijing directly, preparations are in full swing. The Great Khan also felt that what Halahuli said was very reasonable. Continuing to attack Monan Mongolia and threaten Liaodong could indeed effectively enhance his own strength and at the same time shake the foundation of the Qing government's rule. Now that the main force of the Xilin Gol League's army has been annihilated by himself in the battle of Guihua City, it is tantamount to a piece of fat. Although he has decided to take Beijing directly, Monan is not a strategic focus, but it is a piece of fat that is not eaten. To be sent by heaven. He decided to send soldiers and horses from Wanhu Mansion in Monan to take over the Xilin Gol League, and he led the army back to Datong from Guihua City.

Considering that the army of Monan Wanhu Prefecture suffered nearly half casualties in the previous battle to rescue Guihua City, with only more than 2,000 soldiers left, the Great Khan ordered to supplement the nearly 2,000 Xilingol League Mongolian soldiers captured in the battle of Guihua. The army that entered Wanhu Mansion in Monan restored their number to more than four thousand. Then, he ordered Babai, the head of ten thousand households in Monan, and Shakeza, the head of thousands households in Du, to take these more than 4,000 soldiers and horses to join the more than 3,000 warriors of the Sunit tribe and the Abahanal tribe who had defected in front of the formation, for a total of 7,000 The rest of the army attacked the Xilin Gol League in a mighty manner. Because the main force of the Xilin Gol League army had been lost in the battle of Guihua City, and many tribal leaders had persuaded them to surrender, except for some weak resistance in the Ujumqin and Abaga tribes, they almost won the battle without a single blow. The entire Xilingol League.

In order to create military pressure on the Qing Dynasty, the Monan Mongolian tribes who surrendered to the Qing court were unable to assist Beijing. He ordered the headquarters of Wanhu Prefecture in Monan to be moved from Exixi Peak to the Abaga Left Banner of Xilingol League. The four banners on the right side of Gabe were organized into households and the people were organized, and officials were set up to directly govern them. This was not only to strengthen the control of the Xilin Gol League, but also to defeat those Monan Mongolian Taiji who were determined to follow the Qing court and refused to surrender. Where there is hardness there is softness. Now that it has been decided to attack Beijing directly, it means that too many troops cannot be used to continue attacking Monan Mongolia, so it is necessary to win over the Mongolian nobles in Monan politically. He also decreed that Teng Jitai be granted the title of third-class Sunit left-wing marquis, Sousai the first-class Sunit right-wing uncle, Seleng the second-class Abahanar left-wing uncle, and Dong Yisi Labu the third-class Abahanar right-wing uncle. Uncle, Chaoer is the third-class Haoqitbo.

Originally, Sultan wanted to be generous and wanted the Monan tribes Taiji who had surrendered to the Wei Kingdom to have their titles unchanged after they surrendered. However, the Qing court was too generous and granted titles to princes and princes at every turn. Everyone knew that the Kingdom of David had extremely strict control over titles. If the title given to the surrendered general who surrendered later was too high, the surrendered general who surrendered first and even the generals of the Kingdom of David would inevitably feel dissatisfied. For example, Teng Jitai was granted the title of prince in the Qing Dynasty, and Bentar of the right-wing banner of Khalkha was only granted the title of third-class uncle after surrendering to the guard. If Teng Jitai was still granted the title of prince of the county, how could Bentar, who had made many military exploits after surrendering to the guard, be convinced? So after much thought, I decided to follow my original path and strictly control the title. However, Teng Jitai, Souse, Saileng, Dong Yisi Labu, Chao'er and others were also rewarded with a large amount of property as another form of win-over.

In order to consolidate the rule of the Davidic Kingdom in Monan Mongolia, and to enhance the deterrence of the three alliances of Zhaowuda, Zhelimu and Zhuosotu in Monan Mongolia, he ordered the establishment of Tumochuan Ten Thousand Countries with a stroke of his pen. In Guihua City, where the government is located, Ergalang, the fourth son of the emperor, was appointed as the head of ten thousand households. Reheman, the governor of Lhasa, was promoted to Tu Mian, and Zhuo Wogarbu, the former Kangrong envoy, was promoted to the governor of Lhasa and Kangrong. Salaltu, the inspector-general, was the chief envoy of Kangrong, and Fu Mei, son of Fu Shan, was the inspector-general of Kangrong. After finishing these tasks, he ordered his fourth son Ergalang to recruit new soldiers in Guihua City to supplement the battle losses, and ordered Nagat, the head of Chahar Ten Thousand Households, to lead ten thousand troops to approach the Ulanbutong Peak of Keshiketeng Banner. Babai, the head of the Nanwan household, led five thousand troops to approach Hancheng, which was approaching the left-wing banner of the Bahrain tribe, and assumed a posture of continuing to attack Monan Mongolia.

This move was very effective. Prince Wu Keshan of Zhuoli Ketu of Horqin Tribe, who was defeated and fled back to Keshiketeng Banner, was horrified by the news and went to Shushun Emperor for help every now and then.
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The military situation was raging. Although the rescue and naturalization battle went smoothly, it still took a lot of time to come and go. At the same time that Sule Frank's army returned to Dajiang, another two months passed unknowingly.

As soon as he arrived in Datong City, he received two battle reports from King Sumur of Liao and General Tuoli of the Northern Expedition.

Sumur's battle report said that Bai Rumei, the Shanxi governor of the puppet Qing Dynasty, and Li Haoxian, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Town, deployed heavy troops at Ningwuguan and Yanmenguan, while his own troops were small, and these two powerful passes were very strong. Several attacks failed. He felt that if he wanted to invade Taiyuan with limited troops, he could only detour through Piantou Pass and Baodou. After reading his brother's battle report, Suletan thought to himself that he had only given his brother eleven thousand soldiers and horses, of which three thousand were weak green battalion soldiers who had surrendered to the guard, allowing him to attack Taiyuan Jian with such a small number of men. The city is indeed giving him a hard time. But now that he is about to concentrate his forces to attack Beijing, he really has no power to give him more support. Thinking of this, the Great Khan wrote with a stroke of his pen and replied: "You will be outside, and you will not accept your orders. You can fight this battle however you want, without my consent."

Tuoli's battle report is more of an apology than a battle report. First, he described in detail the process of his attack on Ning and Shaanxi. It went smoothly at first, and he successively captured Gongchang, Ningxia, Pingyang, Qingyang, and Fengxiang. However, Prince Jidu of the Qing Dynasty and Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, reduced their forces and concentrated their forces. The strength is to defend Xi'an City. The city of Xi'an was strong and the defenders had sufficient food and grass, so they could not defeat it for a while. Then they kept pleading guilty, saying that they were incompetent and failed to complete the plan to join forces with Datong, which delayed the wise deployment of the Great Khan. Khan punishes crimes and so on.

The more this happens, the more impossible it is to punish the crime. Tuoli was a veteran of his father's time. He was loyal to his father and his son, had great military exploits, and was famous among the guards for his good fighting skills. If he is incompetent, how many other generals are capable? In fact, it is not entirely his fault that Xi'an cannot be conquered. Xi'an is an important military town, and the Qing government focused on deploying defenses here. Although a large number of Eight Banners were mobilized to go south, there were still 10,000 Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners troops stationed in Xi'an. In addition, in order to guard against the Davidic Kingdom, the Qing government asked Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, to station in Shaanxi. After expanding the Green Battalion by 55,000, plus the original Green Battalion troops and horses, the Qing army in Shaanxi had a total of 100,000, which was no less powerful than Tuoli. Although the newly recruited sergeants have weak combat power, once they are gathered together to defend the city, they are very difficult to fight.

After understanding the difficulty of Tuoli, Suletan sighed, "Turi, Tuili, I know your pain; how do you know my pain?" Then he waved his pen and replied sternly. : "To unite Jin and Mau, we will fight here! Attack Xi'an quickly and come to Datong to join me. If you delay the military flight, you will be guilty of a great crime!"

(End of this chapter)