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  Chapter 790 787 [Each votes for his own mother, each finds his own father]

  Between Daqing and Qiqihar, there is a pasture with crisscross rivers and interlaced lakes.

   This place originally belonged to the territory of Durbert Mongolia. After several years of fighting, the two banners of Durbert have been divided by Horqin Mongolia. The leaders of the two banners were all beheaded, and Horqin Mongolia separated Taiji (prince) to rule.

   Now, the main force of Horqin has gone to the west to attack, and Hongguoer and the tribe of Manzhu Xili, with their wealth, livestock and food, all retreated to this grassland.

   "Jinong (Deputy Khan, Prince), the traces ahead are getting newer and fresher, and the enemy's troops must be not far away."

   "Give up the logistics and supplies, leave 3,000 escorts, and the rest follow me at full speed!"

  Darhan gave an order and led more than 40,000 cavalry, abandoning the logistics and moving forward at full speed. And the troops were divided into two groups, all the way to the north along the Nen River, all the way to bypass the Lianhuan Hubei.

  The autumn of Lianhuan Lake is very beautiful, the clear lake water reflects the blue sky, and there are reeds swaying in the wind everywhere around the lake. There are still many unharvested wheat fields that are billowing with smoke, and the Horqin people also burned the wheat that could not be taken away. Continuing to the north, there is a large Populus euphratica forest. The golden leaves of Populus euphratica are reflected in the lake like a paradise.

  Both the chasing and the fleeing parties are not in the mood to enjoy this beautiful scenery.

   It was a woman named "Bo Li" who fled with Horqin's men. One of her daughters (Da Yuer) was married to Huang Taiji; her other daughter was married to Dorgon.

   "Second concubine, second concubine, the enemy is coming!"

  Bo Li's title in the Qing Dynasty was "Second Concubine Horqin". There is also a "Concubine Horqin", Bo Li's mother-in-law, who has already died of illness.

Bo Li is an old woman. She reined in her horse and looked behind her: "I can't escape. We have too many cattle, sheep, chariots and horses, and we can't outrun the enemy's cavalry. We shouldn't miss the wheat here, and we shouldn't covet the comfort here. It's time to continue to retreat north. Take up your arms and prepare to fight."

   "Da da da da!"

  The Khalkha cavalry along the Nenjiang River went north, and they were the first to catch up with the Horqin tribe.

   20,000 cavalry, against tens of thousands of old and weak women and children, and more than 4,000 Han slaves.

  Darhan ordered: "Don't kill young women, don't kill young children, don't kill Han Chinese slaves, kill all others!"

  The 20,000 Khalkha cavalry began to disperse and outflank, shooting arrows towards the periphery of the Horqin tribe along the way.

  Bo Li led a group of aristocratic women, armed with weapons, ready to fight for their lives.

  Seeing that he was surrounded on all sides, the members of many small tribes put down their weapons without any resistance. And those thousands of Han Chinese slaves lay on the ground directly, anyway, they are the same whoever wins or loses.

   "Woooooh~~~~"

  The rumbling horn sounded, and the Khalkha cavalry began to charge. After two consecutive waves of charges everywhere, Horqin's troops collapsed before they could meet the enemy, because they were not soldiers in the first place.

   Team after team of Khalkha cavalry divided the Horqin tribe into charge, and began to kill all living people except young women, young children and Han Chinese slaves.

  Because of his age, Bo Li was hacked to death as soon as he met him.

   Among the noble women who followed her, all the old ones were dead, and the ones with gray hair were tied up.

   It only took an hour, and the battle was completely over.

   "Jinong, the interrogation is clear. These are Hong Guoer's wife and daughter-in-law. Over there are the wife and daughter-in-law of Manzhu Xili." An officer brought more than 20 women to report.

   Darhan glanced at them, pointed at the two women with decaying beauty and said, "Kill them."

  The woman of the leader of Horqin, since she has no beauty, can only be killed, and it is impossible to reward the subordinates. As for those who are still beautiful, even if they are pregnant, of course they are distributed to the Nuoyans of Khalkha Mongolia.

   Darhan rode forward, pointed to a beautiful woman and asked, "Who are you?"

  The beautiful woman didn't answer, but the officer before said: "She is the daughter-in-law who is full of pearls and rituals."

  Darhan glanced at his slightly bulging belly and asked, "Pregnant?"

  The beautiful woman finally said, "Great Khan, spare me."

   "I'm not the Great Khan, I'm the Deputy Khan of Khalkha," Darhan said, "If you are willing to follow me, I will protect your safety. I will also raise the child in your womb as my own."

   "Thank you Vice Khan for your kindness!" The beautiful woman knelt down to thank her.

   Grassland warfare is the same thing, snatching women, snatching children, snatching livestock, and snatching slaves. Ordinary young and strong can be kept, but the leaders of the various ministries will basically die, unless the leader has not completely failed and surrendered with his tribe before the defeat.

  Darhan made another round of selection, and unexpectedly picked a middle-aged woman.

   After a question, it turned out to be a concubine full of pearls and rituals. Immediately accepted it, and took the nominal mother-in-law and daughter-in-law back together to be his wives.

  It is not good for him to continue to pick, and the rest will be sent to Chahun Dorji, and handed over to the Great Khan of Khalkha for unified distribution.

  Thousands of captured Han slaves temporarily acted as civilian husbands, responsible for escorting women, children, livestock and food.

  These Khalkha cavalry, with countless prisoners, turned west and continued to look for the main force of Horqin.

   West.

  Horqin's main force, due to the failure of the ambush, took the Horqin Right Front Banner's troops and livestock and retreated all the way north to the mountainous area west of Qiqihar.

   It is possible to continue to retreat, but the final outcome must be to drill into the Greater Khingan Mountains.

   Several leaders, gloomy, scolded the eighteen generations of Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Dorgon, and Zhao Han's ancestors countless times.

  Go back 20 or 30 years, whether it is the Chahar tribe or their Horqin tribe, they can beat the Khalkha Mongolia in the north of the Mobei. It was because of the repeated tossings of the Manchu and Datong courts that led to the rapid decline of Monan Mongolia, and now they are being chased and beaten by Mobei Mongolia as their grandson.

  The huge Horqin Grassland, even if it is now unanimously external, the total number of troops is less than 50,000, and half of them are still scum.

   Lama Shixi couldn't help but said: "Why don't the whole family surrender to Khalkha."

Manzhu Xili's face was cold, and he retorted: "It's not that you haven't seen Khalkha's envoy to surrender, that **** Chahun Dorji, who threatened to be the Great Khan of all Mongolia and wanted to be the second Genghis Khan. How powerful the Datong Army is? We have already learned how powerful the Datong Army is. Now that we have surrendered to Khalkha, what should we do if the Datong Army calls in the future? Chahun Dorji’s old nest is in Mobei, and we But the pasture is in the Horqin Grassland. The Han emperor sends troops, and he will be the first to attack us!"

Hong Guoer said: "Even if you want to surrender, you should surrender to the Han emperor. It is better to accept the conditions of the Han people and spit out the territory annexed in the past two years. The entire Horqin grassland is divided into ten guards, and we will honestly serve as the guards of the Han court in the future." commander."

   Lama Shixi complained endlessly in his heart, but it was easy for you to surrender, and the territory is next to the Han people. Lao Tzu's territory is the first to bear the brunt. The next time Khalkha Mongols come to attack, I must be the first to fight!

   After retreating for two consecutive days, Horqin's main force retreated into the mountains again, planning to use the terrain to fight against the Khalkha army.

  At the same time, Hong Guoer and Manzhu Xili sent spies to Qiqihar to find out the whereabouts of their people.

  One evening, the sentinel galloped back and brought a shocking news.

  In order to **** the wheat around the Lianhuan Lake, the tribes who were supposed to retreat north quickly were delayed there for a few days, and were taken away by the Khalkha cavalry.

   Hong Guoer, who was already old, fell ill immediately after receiving the news.

Hong Guoer called Manzhu Xili to discuss: "Let's stop arguing, it's about the survival of Horqin as a whole. I will entrust you with the seat of the Great Khan. My sons will also obey your orders." I'm sick now, I'm afraid I won't live long. Immediately take the army, cross the Xing'an Mountains, and go south from the west. Go to join the Han people, and you can agree to any conditions. You must use the Datong Army to take back our pastures and us clan and property!"

   While the two were discussing countermeasures, the news had already spread in the army.

  On that night, the leaders of many small tribes led the army to sneak away by night. Although they belonged to the Horqin tribe, they had been separated for many years, each occupying a pasture.

  Now, their clansmen have been arrested, and they hurried over to seek refuge in Khalkha, and they can get back their clansmen and some of their property. They are just small tribal leaders. If they sincerely seek refuge, Khalkha Mongols are willing to accept them, and they may even take the opportunity to expand the grassland.

   "Father, are we really leaving?"

   "If you don't leave now, it will be too late!"

   Lama Shixi, one of Horqin's three major powers, even wanted to join Khalkha. His tribe and property are still in his hands. As long as he puts them into effect first, most of them can be kept. At most, his residence and grassland will be replaced, and he will live in a poorer place. It will not be so prosperous in the future.

  Night.

   Small tribes kept leaving on horseback, and when Lama Shixi's followers set off, it suddenly became more noisy and chaotic.

  The sick Hong Guoer sat up startled, called his son and asked, "Khalka killed?"

   "I don't know." The son replied in panic.

   Not long after, Manzhu Xili ran over in a panic: "Shi Xina led his people away, and he must join the enemy with his family. Let's go too, or we will be besieged if we don't leave, we will immediately cross Xing'an Mountains and go south!"

  The place where they withdrew their garrison was already very far north. There was only a narrow river valley that could cross the Xing'an Mountains to the west. When they walked out of the mountains, they were almost at the Hulun Buir Grassland.

  To the southwest of Qiqihar, Lama Shixi came to vote with his tribe and family.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

   Dreaming of becoming Genghis Khan, Chahun Dorji laughed triumphantly: "Walk south and attack Badali!"

  The forces in the entire Horqin Grassland have either fled or been conquered, leaving only Badari who is a dog for the Datong Army.

   Chahun Dorji brazenly sent troops to destroy the Badalites. This move was tantamount to declaring war on the Han court.

  Badali is not stupid. Seeing that Hong Guoer and others were being chased farther and farther away, he already felt that something was wrong. When Khalkha's army sent troops to attack him, Badali had already led his troops to Chifeng.

  We can't beat you, can't we still run?

  There are Han fathers over there in Chifeng, so come here if you are awesome. Sun thief, I can't kill you!

  (end of this chapter)