I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 433: Ideals are full, reality is skinny

"Uncle Gulisi, how could I laugh at you? You are not going backwards as you get older, but you are becoming more and more wise," Niu Zhongxia said hurriedly.

"Not only that, if you can really take this opportunity to capture the Khan, then you will have made a great contribution. By then, your grassland will be at least tens of thousands of acres, and you will have at least thousands of livestock," Niu Zhongxia said in a low voice.

"I haven't thought about that." Uncle Gu Lisi refused immediately, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
"I am old now. When I was young, I followed the old Khan in his conquests, but now I just want to live a peaceful life for a few days," said Uncle Gulisi.

The Ming army followed the traces left by Barsborot and his party to the edge of Yinshan Mountain, but lost the clue. The Ming army cavalry did not dare to go deeper, because the terrain in Yinshan Mountain was more complicated and the Ming army was not familiar with it. If they went too deep, they would easily be ambushed.
If the Ming army was ambushed in the disadvantageous terrain, it would suffer heavy casualties, so for the sake of safety, the Ming army gave up the pursuit and only secretly strengthened the vigilance.

However, Barsborot, who had run into the Yinshan Mountains, also had a gloomy face. He had been operating in the Hetao area for more than ten years before becoming the Great Khan of Mongolia. In addition, he still had the title of the Great Khan of Mongolia. He thought that this trip would be very smooth. He did not expect that this trip would be so unsuccessful.
He visited several settlements in the past few days. Every Mongolian who saw him was very respectful to him, but when it came to abandoning everything to follow him, many people were very hesitant. In the end, only a dozen young people were willing to follow him for the so-called glory of the Mongols.
This was completely different from what he had imagined.
In fact, all the Mongols were in the dilemma of "I really have a cow" when facing the call of Barsborot.
When they had nothing before, they did not hesitate at all when faced with the call of the Mongol Khan, because following the Mongol Khan was one of the few options that could change their lives.
When they had nothing, they could say without hesitation: "If I had tens of thousands of acres of pasture and thousands of livestock, I would be willing to offer them to the Khan without hesitation and follow him."

But now that each of them has pasture and livestock, they can no longer say such things.
With Barsborot's current situation, his future is obviously bleak. If his abandoned businesses come under his command, he will be left with nothing.
People tend to seek benefits and avoid harm. Faced with such a situation, many people know what to choose.
"They are not worthy of being Mongols. They actually dare to treat their Khan like this! They have lost their pride and honor as Mongols. They have become running dogs of the Ming people!" Barsbrot said angrily.

"The Khan is right!" Daiqin Taiji continued, "They have not only lost their pride and honor, but also lost the sense of respect for superiors and subordinates. They even invaded the nobles' pastures with peace of mind."

Taiji is a title of honor for Mongolian, Uyghur, Kazakh, Tibetan and other ethnic nobles. It comes from the Chinese word "Prince". This title was originally used only by the princes of the Mongolian Empire, but later became used by members of the Golden Family, and then evolved into a title that ordinary Mongolian nobles could use, and finally this title spread to other ethnic groups.

Daiqin Taiji was the most capable general under Barsborot. He had a gloomy face on the way back because the areas around the several settlements we visited today used to be his pastures.

Daiqin Taiji used to be very powerful, with over ten thousand followers under his command. He owned vast pastures and a huge number of cattle and sheep in the Hetao area. But now all that has become a thing of the past. He has lost most of his property and followers, and now only has more than three thousand followers following Barsborot.

Barsbrot naturally heard the anger in Daiqin Taiji's words and comforted him, "Daiqin, don't feel bad about your pastures, livestock and property. When we drive away the Ming people, not only will your pastures and cattle and sheep be returned to their original owners, I will also reward you with more pastures and cattle and sheep."

Daiqin Taiji's face looked better, and he said quickly, "Thank you, Khan!" What they didn't notice was that the young man who had just joined them changed his expression after hearing what they said.
"Khan, what should we do next?" Daiqin Taiji asked.

"Next," Barsbrot pondered for a moment, "Next we still have to continue to accumulate strength."

There was no way. Although Barsbrot had gathered more than 20,000 troops, only 4,000 to 5,000 of them could be used for combat at most. Facing the 20,000 Ming cavalry stationed in Hetao, he had no chance of winning.
"Although most of those tribes were influenced by the vicious Ming people and were led astray by them, today's events also show that there are quite a few of them who have not been bewitched by the Ming people and still have the pride and honor of being Mongols. We can gather this part of the force first," Barsborot said slowly, looking at the newly surrendered young people.

"The Khan is wise!" said Daiqin Taiji.

The Hetao region temporarily returned to peace, the Ming army became more vigilant, and Barsborot also sent a number of Mongols to the Hetao region to recruit young people who were willing to submit to him.

The dozen or so young men brought back by Barsborot also settled down in the tribe in Yinshan.
These young people were inspired by Barsboroth's slogan of restoring the glory of the Mongols. Young people of their time were most easily inspired by such slogans. They left their pastures and livestock behind and followed with a few horses.
But there is a saying that ideals are full of hope, but reality is very cruel. After facing the harsh reality, these young people who were full of ideals of reviving the glory of the Mongolians soon sobered up from their fanaticism.
They soon discovered that things were not quite as they had imagined.
They thought they were good horses, invited back by the Khan himself, and were going to do great things, but they didn't expect that Barsbrot would turn around and forget about them.
Barsborot was not very interested in these young people from ordinary herdsmen's families, and naturally there was no special treatment for them.
So these young people who thought they were good at running returned to their old jobs and became herders.
What? You are here to restore the glory of the Great Mongolia, not to herd sheep?

But someone has to do the herding, right?

If you don't do it, do you want those gentlemen above to do it?

Wake up, you!

(End of this chapter)