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The map of Liaodong was built on the ground, and the map of the city was not clear.

(The maps of the late Ming Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty are not clear. This map shows more complete)

In the late Ming Dynasty, the situation in Liaodong was quite complicated.

To the southeast of Liaodong was Joseon, to the northeast was Jianzhou Jurchen, and to the north and northwest were Mongolian tribes on the grassland.

At the beginning, when the Ming Dynasty was strong, these tribes were all the younger brothers of the Ming Dynasty.

Before the Japanese invaded Joseon, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to help Joseon fight off the Japanese.

When Nurhaci launched the Battle of Sarhu, both Joseon and the Yehe tribe of Mongolia sent troops to help.

However, the big brother Ming Dynasty was no longer useful. After the defeat at Sarhu, the entire Liaodong was crippled, so naturally, it could not take care of its younger brother.

Therefore, after the Later Jin Dynasty defeated the Ming Dynasty and captured Kaiyuan and Tieling, it turned around and cleaned up the Yehe tribe in the northeast of Liaodong.

According to unofficial history, when the Yehe tribe was defeated by Nurhaci, the leader of the Yehe tribe once cursed: "The descendants of the Yehe Nara clan, even if there is only one woman left in the end, will definitely destroy the Jianzhou Jurchens."

Later, the Qing Empire really perished in the hands of a woman of the Yehe Nara clan. As for that woman, it was naturally Empress Dowager Cixi.

If this unofficial history is really useful, I don’t know if Empress Dowager Cixi’s sentence "I want the foreigners to die" in the film and television drama can play a role.

However, after defeating the Yehe tribe, the Later Jin Dynasty began to conquer the Mongolian tribes on the grassland.

After the war in the early Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian tribes in the north had been broken up into large and small tribes, and the wars between the tribes on the grassland had never stopped.

The entire prairie was divided into the Mongolian North, the Mongolian South and the Mongolian Moxi. Among them, the Mongolian South tribes were adjacent to the northern border of the Ming Dynasty.

If the Later Jin wanted to go south to enter the Central Plains, it had to either sweep Liaodong and break through Shanhaiguan. Or it could go all the way to the northwest and enter the Central Plains from the northwest.

If the Later Jin wanted to break through Shanhaiguan and enter the Central Plains, it had to ensure the stability of the rear, and naturally it had to conquer the surrounding Lee Dynasty Korea and Mongolian tribes.

To go northwest to enter the Central Plains, it had to pass through the territories of the Mongolian tribes, and naturally it had to conquer the Mongolian tribes.

So, no matter what choice, as long as the Later Jin wanted to continue to grow, it had to take action against the Mongolian tribes.

At this time, there was also an ambitious guy on the Mongolian grassland who wanted to conquer the Mongolian tribes on the grassland and reproduce the glory of the Golden Family. This person was the last Mongolian Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan.

In the early years, Lin Dan Khan had been leading his Mongolian cavalry to plunder the border of the Ming Dynasty.

Later, seeing that Jianzhou Jurchens were becoming stronger, Lin Danhan felt that Jianzhou Jurchens were a greater threat to him, so he released the Ming people he had robbed before, and formed an alliance with the Ming Dynasty to deal with Jianzhou Jurchens together.

In the 47th year of Wanli, when Nurhaci attacked Kaiyuan and Tieling, Lin Danhan sent troops to rescue. But when his troops arrived at Tieling, Tieling had already fallen.

In the end, the reinforcements sent by Lin Danhan fought with Nurhaci and were defeated without suspense, and even the main general was captured by Nurhaci.

Later, the Ming court sent people many times to send silver to Lin Danhan, asking Lin Danhan to attack the Later Jin.

However, this Lin Danhan was ambitious and incompetent, and he implemented a strong rule over the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, which led to the Mongolian tribes not being in harmony, and they were a mob when they gathered together.

In contrast, the Later Jin Dynasty's attitude towards the Mongolian tribes was much milder.

Nurhaci adopted marriage, alliance, and military actions to implement the plan of erosion of the Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert step by step, constantly conquering the Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert, and turning them into his younger brothers. Marry your daughter and let you help fight.

After the destruction of the Yehe tribe, the Khorchin tribe in the northeast of Liaodong has married Nurhaci many times. Nurhaci and Huang Taiji have married women from the Khorchin tribe many times.

Like Huang Taiji's Xiaoduanwen Empress Dowager Zhezhe, Xiaozhuangwen Empress Dayuer, Minhui Gonghe Yuanfei Hailanzhu, are all women from the Khorchin tribe.

Moreover, Zhezhe is the aunt of Dayuer and Hailanzhu sisters.

Of course, Dayuer and Hailanzhu at this time were only six or seven years old, and the little girls in their teens had not yet married Huang Taiji.

However, Lu Cheng was not very interested in these two little girls whose hair had not grown up.

Nowadays, although the Khorchin tribe and the Later Jin have not yet officially formed an alliance, the exchanges between the two sides are already very close.

Lu Cheng will not

Girl, put yourself in danger.

With only the five or six hundred cavalrymen under Lu Cheng, even if they all carry explosive packs, they can only protect themselves on the grassland.

On the open grassland, the distance between the two sides is easy to widen, and the explosive packs, a powerful weapon, are difficult to exert much power.

After leaving Liaoyang and heading northwest, Lu Cheng and his cavalry entered the area of ​​the Chahar tribe.

Shortly after entering the grassland, his scouts came to report that a tribe was found ahead.

Lu Cheng immediately took the specially found translators and rushed to the tribe.

When the herdsmen in the tribe saw a team of cavalry approaching, they immediately became alert. Many adult herdsmen picked up bows and arrows, rode on horses, and prepared to meet the enemy.

Lu Cheng immediately asked the translators in the team to stand up, identify themselves to the other party, and explain that they had no malicious intentions.

When the other party knew that it was the army from the Ming Dynasty, they relaxed some of their vigilance.

Recently, the Ming Dynasty is jointly fighting against the Later Jin with Lin Danhan, and the two sides are in a period of peace.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng asked his men to give some gifts to the leader of the tribe, and asked the leader to choose a guide to take Lu Cheng and his party to find Lin Dan Khan.

When the tribal leader saw the gift, he immediately agreed and was not very vigilant.

Now it is summer, and the grass and water are lush. The Mongolian tribes on the grassland live by the grass and water. If there is no guide who is familiar with the situation, it is really difficult to find the location of Lin Dan Khan.

The road was much smoother afterwards. Lu Cheng led his cavalry and headed northwest. In a place close to the river and with lush grass and water, he found Lin Dan Khan's residence.

Lin Dan Khan's situation at the moment was not very good. He wanted to get more money from the Ming Dynasty. When he heard that the Ming Dynasty envoy was coming, he immediately met with Lu Cheng.

When the two sides met, Lu Cheng first asked his men to send a generous gift, including beautifully shaped colored glass bottles, glass decorations, soaps and scented soaps that are special products of Haizhouwei, as well as some tea and silk fabrics from Jiangnan.

After seeing these gifts, Lin Danhan was naturally very happy. After the two sides exchanged greetings, Lin Danhan asked: "General Lu from the Ming Dynasty, I heard that you defeated Nurhaci's attack not long ago. Is this true?"

"Of course, Nurhaci wanted to conquer our entire Liaodong with tens of thousands of troops. He suffered a great loss in my Haizhou Guard, thousands of people died, and had to retreat. The Khan only needs to send someone to investigate and he will naturally know whether it is true or not."

"Then I have to congratulate you. I wonder why General Lu came to see me this time? Do you want to join forces with me to attack the Jianzhou Jurchens together?"

Lu Cheng laughed: "Khan, even if we in Liaodong are preparing to attack the Jurchens, I'm afraid you can't send much. Troops, right?"

Lin Danhan heard this and his face changed: "General Lu, what does this mean?"

"Don't be nervous, Khan. I just have some understanding of the situation on the grassland. As far as I know, there seems to be some unrest between the tribes on the grassland. In addition, not long ago, Nurhaci killed the envoy sent by the Khan. You and the Jianzhou Jurchens have completely turned against each other, right?"

"So what? The Jianzhou Jurchens have only tens of thousands of households, how many troops? Would this Khan still be afraid of them? If it weren't for the hateful Jianzhou Jurchens who captured Zaisai of the Khalkha tribe, I would have gone to war with them long ago."

This Zaisai was the leader of the Khalkha tribe who was sent by Lin Danhan to rescue Tieling and was finally captured by Nurhaci.

Zaisai has a high prestige among the five Khalkha tribes. After being captured by Nurhaci, Lin Danhan has been trying to find ways to rescue his little brother. He also sent envoys to negotiate with the Later Jin, but unfortunately the negotiations between the two sides were not smooth.

If Zaisai could not be rescued, Lin Danhan's prestige would definitely be damaged.

At this moment, Lin Danhan, who wanted to save face, was naturally very unhappy when Lu Cheng exposed his shortcomings in person.

Lu Cheng would not indulge him. Lin Danhan was extremely arrogant. If he did not strike him down, even doing business with him would be a loss.

Moreover, Lu Cheng was not worried that Lin Danhan would turn against him.

Two years ago, Lin Danhan made a wrong decision. He listened to the persuasion of a monk in the Western Regions and changed his sect from the original Gelug Sect to the Sakya Sect.

The Gelug Sect has been spread on the grassland for a long time, and many tribes on the grassland believe in the Gelug Sect.

This move by Lin Danhan directly led to the disunity of many of his tribes.

In addition, due to the incident of Zaisai, the younger brothers sent to help the Ming Dynasty in the war were captured by others and have not been rescued yet.

In this situation, although Lin Danhan seemed to have occupied a lot of territory, he was actually weak inside and did not dare to compete with the big

Ming turned against him.

Of course, as a leader, Lin Danhan would not let others see his weakness easily. Instead, he turned his spearhead to Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty: "General Lu, the situation of your Ming Dynasty doesn't seem to be very good. You lost so many battles and cities last year. You should be very afraid of Jianzhou Jurchens now, right?"

Lu Cheng smiled contemptuously: "Jianzhou Jurchens are just a group of barbarians who came out of a remote area. They won some victories last year by sneak attacks. But so what? My Ming Dynasty is vast and rich in resources. It's just a loss of tens of thousands of Troops, more troops can be summoned immediately.

Moreover, now that Lord Xiong Tingbi is in charge of Liaodong, the whole Liaodong is united, and hundreds of thousands of troops are ready to fight. If Nurhaci dares to come again, he will be beaten to a pulp.

Even in the Hetuala City of Jianzhou Jurchen, this general can come and go freely. I just went there to kill two rebels half a year ago. Doesn't Lin Danhan know? "

Diplomacy sometimes requires exaggerating oneself, belittling the other party, changing the status of both parties, gaining the initiative, and then conducting specific negotiations...