Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 571: Jiannu Dispatches
Emperor Chongzhen in the capital had been worried about the war in Liaodong. After receiving the report from Liaodong and learning that Huang Taiji had been "defeated", Emperor Chongzhen finally felt relieved and at ease.

Because of the "victory" in the Liaodong war, Emperor Chongzhen naturally wanted to reward the Liaodong soldiers and officials. Although he could not come up with silver and could only use official positions to fool people, for Liaodong, it was good to be promoted. Anyway, the war was not actually fought at all, so everyone just fooled around and it was not a loss.

Let’s not talk about the situation between the emperor and his ministers in the Ming Dynasty for now, and let’s talk about the grassland.

When Zhu Shenzui in Guihua City was preparing to return to Ming Dynasty, he suddenly received urgent military intelligence from the east.

After reading the military report, Zhu Shenzui's face became very solemn. He immediately ordered a meeting of all the generals. In less than half an hour, the generals in Guihua City arrived at the City Lord's Mansion one after another, and the leader was Wang Hai.

Wang Hai just returned to Guihua City last month. After marrying Qiaoer, Wang Hai stayed in Daming for some more time before returning to the grassland with Qiaoer.

Because Zhu Shenzhui had told Wang Hai to spend more time with his family in Daming, after all, this time they would stay in Mongolia, and they didn't know when they would return to Daming. Wang Hai was concerned about the grassland, so he stayed in Daming with his newlywed wife for two months before leaving. He went north without delay and soon returned to Guihua.

In addition to Wang Hai, Li You and Hu Lin have also naturalized. In addition, Burigude, Hatulig and others have also naturalized. Even Hatulig's son Morge is among them. This kid has made many contributions to the tribe with his father Hatulig over the years and has become a fierce general of the tribal cavalry.

Wang Jinwu is not among them. He is now in Ming Dynasty. Although this kid is a bit wild, he has already married and has a son. He can't always stay in the grassland with Zhu Shencui for a long time. I heard that his wife is pregnant again. If nothing unexpected happens, she will give birth in half a year. In this case, Wang Rong will not let Wang Jinwu run around and will keep a close eye on this kid.

Sitting at the center of the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion was Tengger. Although he was young as the King of Shunyi, he was still the leader of the Tumed people, and the tribe would eventually be ruled by him. In order to train his eldest son and let him learn how to manage the tribe as soon as possible, Zhu Shenzui had begun to let him attend some important meetings. Even though he couldn't understand now and didn't realize that he was just a mascot sitting there, he believed that he would gradually understand these things as time went by.

On Tengger's right is Tana, and on his left is Zhu Shenzhui. The two are positioned slightly forward to distinguish them.

After everyone arrived, they saluted to Tengger and Zhu Shenzhui, who were in the main seats, and then took their seats in order of status and closeness. After a while, seeing that everyone was present, Zhu Shenzhui cleared his throat and said, "We have received news that Jiannu Dorgon has led 15,000 elite troops from the Eight Banners to Chahar, and is now summoning all the tribes in Chahar to gather their forces..."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked. Some of them even stood up involuntarily and asked anxiously whether the news was true.

Zhu Shenzhui told everyone that this news was absolutely true and had just been sent from Chahar. Ever since the Tumed completed its formal unification and the Tenger tribe replaced the previous Bu Shitu and moved into Guihua City, Chahar had always had some ideas about the Tumed.

Due to the previous spread of smallpox, the Chahar tribes temporarily gave up the idea of ​​sending troops to Tumed, but now the smallpox incident has passed, and as the smallpox situation has subsided, it is natural that the Chahar tribes are ready to move again.

Zhu Shencui had been alert to the unusual movements of the Chahar tribes before, and secretly sent many spies to Chahar to take precautions. This time, the spies played a big role. When Dorgon's Eight Banners cavalry just arrived in Chahar, his spies got the news and quickly sent the information to Guihua City. This is why Zhu Shencui was able to learn so quickly.

After listening to Zhu Shenzui's explanation, everyone looked at each other and remained silent for a while.

Zhu Shenzhui sat quietly for a moment, and Wang Hai stood up and said, "If my guess is correct, Dorgon and the Chahar tribes are planning to move westward, and their target is us."

"Brother Dali is right!" Burigude had a high status in the tribe. He and Wang Hai sat on the left and right of the leader respectively. He immediately stood up and said, "The Chahar tribes were originally a bunch of wolves. The Khan was forced to flee to Qinghai by them and eventually died. As for the Jurchens in Liaodong, they are even more of a bunch of barbarians. If it weren't for these barbarians secretly instigating them, the Chahar wolves wouldn't have the courage to do this!"

"Now that the Jurchens have arrived in Chahar, they have brought so many cavalry with them and have called together all the tribes in Chahar. Their only target is us! The Great Khan has returned to Changshengtian, the Khorchin and Inner Khalkha tribes have long since surrendered to the Jurchens, and all the tribes in Chahar have become their running dogs. Only our Tumed remains in the entire grassland. Given the Jurchens' greed, they will definitely not let Tumed go, because as long as they take down Tumed, all of the southern desert will belong to them."

"Why not Mobei?" Someone couldn't help but ask, "What if their target is not Tumed? Don't forget the Khalkha, maybe they won't go north."

"Idiot!" Wang Hai cursed in his heart. He was familiar with this guy. He was a famous warrior in the tribe. He was strong and had good martial arts and archery skills. But he was not very smart. Anyone with some brains would not ask this question. "Mobei? What is there to go to in Mobei? Could it be that the Jurchens had nothing better to do and took so many people to Mobei to eat sand?"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone burst into laughter. The man who had asked the question just now blushed with embarrassment. When he came to his senses, he realized that he had asked a stupid question.

"Brother Burigude is right. According to intelligence, the Jiannu and Chahar tribes are targeting us. Haha, they have a good appetite and are very confident. They intend to wipe out our Tumed in one fell swoop. As long as they take down Tumed, the entire southern desert will be in their hands. The Mongolian tribes will have no choice but to obey them and have no worries."

"What a fantasy!" Hu Lin stood up and said, "With just over 10,000 Eight Banners soldiers and those tribes in Chahar? Haha, they either don't come, or if they do, let them never come back!"

"General Hu is right!" Li You also stood up. "As the saying goes, if an enemy comes, we must stop him with our generals and if water comes, we must block it with earth. If these chickens and dogs don't come, then it's fine. But if they do come, we must teach them a lesson and make sure they come back without a chance to return. Not only that, I suggest that we not only cut off their outstretched dog claws, but also fight them back and teach them a lesson."

"Don't you want to take down Tumed? We need to see if their teeth are sharp. We Tumed are not soft persimmons, nor are we sheep that can be manipulated by others. Our Tenger tribe is even more like a rock. Let's compete and break their teeth."

"That's right!" Everyone rushed to say, "Fight back! Teach them a lesson! How dare they attack us! The Jurchen barbarians and the Chahar tribes are nothing but a bunch of chickens and dogs! We must teach them a lesson this time. Not only will we beat them until they regret it, but we will also beat them to Chahar and let the whole of Mongolia see how powerful our Tenger tribe is!"

Everyone present was extremely indignant, which was normal. Ever since the civil strife in Ashe Temur's tribe, Zhu Shenzui had put down the strife with a quick and decisive move, and then supported his son Tenger to become the leader of the tribe.

In the following years, under the operation of Zhu Shenzui, the Tengger tribe developed extremely rapidly. Not only did it gain huge profits from trade with the Ming Dynasty, it also attracted many small tribes on the grassland to defect, causing the entire tribe to expand rapidly.

By the time Lin Dan Khan forced the Tenger tribe to go to war with Bu Shitu, the Tenger tribe was already one of the strongest tribes in the Tumote grassland. Zhu Shenzhui did not fight Bu Shitu to death, but instead formed a private alliance to trick Lin Dan Khan and destroyed the two tribes that were close to Lin Dan Khan.

After the war, the tribe's strength increased instead of decreasing, and it was second only to the Bushitu tribe. Later, Lin Danhan was forced to flee westward by Huang Taiji's combined forces with the Mongolian tribes in Chahar, and the Khorchin tribe and other tribes, thus abandoning the Chahar tribe.

In order to gain a foothold in Tumed, Lin Dan Khan attempted to capture Guihua City and defeat Bu Shitu in one fell swoop. However, Lin Dan Khan never expected that just when he thought Bu Shitu would not be able to stop his army and defend Guihua City, the Tengger tribe, which had been silent all the time, suddenly sent out troops to kill his southern army first, and then attacked from the east and west with Bu Shitu, directly threatening Lin Dan Khan's main army.

Because of the weather, Lin Danhan, who was unable to defeat Bushitu, had to flee to Qinghai. After the battle, although Bushitu won, its strength was weakened, while the Tenger tribe became the biggest winner and its strength jumped to become the most powerful tribe in Tumed.

When Bu Shitu was seriously ill and about to die, Zhu Shenzui decisively decided to go north to Guihua City. Soon after, he moved directly into Guihua and annexed Bu Shitu's tribe in one fell swoop. From then on, the power of the Tenger tribe in Tumed was unstoppable, and he became the true master of Tumed.

Then the death of Ligdan Khan and the spread of smallpox brought opportunities to the Tengger tribe. The Tengger tribe used means to win over the Tumed tribes, and at the same time used its powerful military force to directly suppress and even destroy several tribes that opposed Tengger.

Now the Tengger tribe has completely mastered the Tumed. Apart from the main tribe, the other dozen or so tribes all follow the Tengger tribe. From this point of view, the strength of the Tengger tribe is no longer what it used to be. It is simply not something that the Chahar tribe can contend with. In the eyes of everyone, even if there are Dorgon's 15,000 elite Eight Banners, they can still be easily dealt with.

Seeing the reactions of the crowd, Zhu Shenzhui was very satisfied. Regardless of how to fight in the future, everyone's morale alone was enough. And no matter what, Zhu Shenzhui himself must fight this battle. Tumed must not be lost, and it must not fall into the hands of Huang Taiji. Since you want to fight, then fight! It's not like I haven't fought with the Eight Banners before. Didn't I fight against them in the battle in the capital? The Eight Banners elite, who are known as the invincible in the world, are just like this.

(End of this chapter)