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Chapter 1175 Xiongguan Alliance

On the 22nd day of the first lunar month of the 21st year of Tianwu, the army returned to the east arrived at Jiayuguan.

Yang Yufan, the Grand Governor of the Northern Army Governor's Office, reported that the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes in the northern desert surrendered voluntarily and requested to stop the army and negotiate peace. The three khans were tied with rattan behind their backs and played the trick of carrying thorns and apologizing for guilt. They were coming to Jiayuguan and arrived soon.

The three Khalkha Mongolian tribes, which are the later Outer Mongolia, were located in the eastern part of the Chechen Khan tribe, the Tushetu Khan tribe in the central part, and the Zasaktu Khan tribe in the western part.

They were all descendants of Genghis Khan, and as early as the first year of Tianwu, they had already made the "Nine White Tribute" to express their surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

But in the north of the desert, the Junggar tribe in the north and the west of the desert, the three tribes receive invitations from Tsarist Russia and the Junggar almost every year, hoping to join forces, that is, lead the crowd to join.

In the end, the honor of the Golden Family made the three Mobei tribes choose to continue to work alone and wander between the Ming Dynasty, Tsarist Russia and the Junggar Khanate.

In the 19th year of Tianwu, Tsar Alexei I's plan to unite the five countries, breaking all this, and being frightened by the military threats of Tsarist Russia and Junggar, the three ministries decided to join the plan.

The three tribes in the northern Modian dispatched a total of 80,000 troops, seized the retreat of the Northern Expedition Army, and even cut off the food route, reaping the benefits of the fisherman.

Unexpectedly, the coalition forces were so unbearable that they were defeated on the battlefield in Yili, and even the main force of Junggar was lost.

In June of the 20th year of Tianwu, Zhu Cilang ordered the Western Army Governor's Office and the Northern Army Governor's Office to jointly send 100,000 troops to go north to destroy the three Khans in Mobei.

Yang Yufan personally led 50,000 Tianxiong troops out of the Great Wall to raid the Khalkha Mongols. Tushetu Khan was defeated, and his troops were either captured and killed or fled. Even the tent of the Yellow Sect leader Tsepundanba Hutuktu (the brother of Tushetu Khan) was also hit, and the living Buddha left in a hurry.

The Zasak Khan tribe was not much better. He was attacked by Jiang Zhu, leading 50,000 Western Governor's Office. He once occupied the Khan tent. The defeated soldiers spread across the valley, day and night.

Zasaktu Khan Wangshuk led his troops to retreat, and had to flee to the Chechen Khan tribe with his family and livestock for refuge. Tushetu Khan also collapsed with his troops in the east.

After the three Khans were reunited, the first thing they did was not to eat and drink, but to discuss what to do.

The Ming Dynasty was really good, but I couldn’t beat it. Next, should I surrender to Russia or surrender to the Ming Dynasty?

The environment in King Khan's tent was relaxed, but the problem was heavy, and the three of them remained silent for a long time.

Finally, the living Buddha Zhebuzundanba Hutuktu said calmly: "Surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"

In the eighth year of Tianwu, under the support of Gushi Khan in Tibet, Luosang Danbei Jianzan changed from the Juenang Sect to the Gelug Sect of the Yellow Sect. His master, the Fifth Dalai Lama, recognized him as the first Zhebuzundanba, and since then the Zhebuzundanba Living Buddha system began.

In the 14th year of Tianwu, Luosangdanbeijianzan returned to Mongolia to preach the Dharma, and lived in Erdenizhao (Guangxian Temple) of his brother Thusitu Khan's tribe, and gradually became the religious leader of various Mongolian tribes.

The Living Buddha Zhebuzundanba expressed his opinion to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. The three Khans of Mobei lit up their eyes first, and then they fell silent again.

If you choose to fight against the Ming Dynasty, can you still vote back?

Zhebuzundanba just nodded and said calmly something that everyone can easily understand: "Far-water cannot quench near-thirst."

A living Buddha is a living Buddha, and his prestige is still very high. He handled the tribes in just a few words, allowing everyone to surrender to the Ming Dynasty with a determined as a warning, admit their mistakes, and strive to be a new person.

Originally, Yang Yufan and Jiang Zhu did not accept surrender. They acted according to the order and said that they would destroy them, so they would have to destroy them!

However, it happened that the Yellow River in the Central Plains broke, causing a major flood, and the imperial court could not supply food and grass, which had a great impact on the 100,000 Ming troops in the north of the Mo.

The food and herbs were insufficient, and the imperial court sent grain first, with the emperor who came close to the Ili River Valley. The soldiers of the Western Army and the Northern Army could only save money and borrowed grain from the Hetao area, and borrowed livestock from the three monasteries under the guise of negotiations to support them.

The three khans thought that the Ming army was considering their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, so they gave tens of thousands of cattle and sheep without saying a word.

Yang Yufan was like a shameless deadbeat. After eating, he started to open his mouth and borrow it again, and repeated it.

It took a month or two to hold on. No matter how stupid the three khans in Mobei were, they could see the dilemma of the Ming army. Chechen Khan Babu was the first to overturn the table and asked Yang Yufan not to play tricks, and to negotiate quickly and wait for surrender!

Yang Yufan replied, asking him to wait patiently.

This made Chechen Khan angry. He sent troops to attack the Ming army's garrison and threatened Yang Yufan with force. He had to accept the surrender of the Chechen Khan tribe and accept it unconditionally!

Yang Yufan, including Jiang Zhu and other Ming generals, fought a long war all his life. This was the first time he saw someone blatantly threatening the Ming army, and threatened them in the name of surrender.

Yang Yufan was silent for a long time. After learning that the Western Expedition Army had won the coalition forces, he agreed to the surrender of the three Khans in Mobei, but he also made a request: to go to Jiayuguan to surrender to the Ming Emperor.

He really had no choice. The 100,000 troops were short of clothes and food, and it was winter again. He could not fight anymore. As long as the three troops in Mobei wanted to run away, the Ming army would definitely not be able to catch up.

The San Khan of Mobei didn’t want to run, so where did he run in the middle of winter? This time, the plump pasture will be gone in the coming year, and everyone will starve to death!

Yang Yufan also protected himself in this matter, worried that the emperor would punish him if he failed to achieve his strategic goals.

Therefore, he came like this and brought San Han to Jiayuguan. Whether to kill or live depends entirely on the mood of His Majesty the Emperor.

On the 25th day of the first lunar month, a 100,000 Ming army "escorted" thousands of princes and nobles from the three Mongolian tribes in northern Mo and tens of thousands of Mongolian troops arrived at Jiayuguan.

Completely solving Mongolian in northern deserts and stabilizing the stability of northern borders is an urgent issue for Zhu Cixuan.

The situation in which Mongolia in northern Mobei involves Russian interference is quite complicated. Now the Ming army has difficulty in logistics and cannot resort to force, so they can only negotiate and mediate.

Zhu Cilang is a monarch who is good at seizing opportunities, using strategies and focusing on effectiveness. He seized the favorable opportunity of the great victory in the Western Regions and decided to adopt the situation of alliance to completely solve the century-old problem of Mongolia in northern deserts.

The word "Alliance" sounds much better than surrender. When the three Khans of Mobei heard that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty wanted to do this, they immediately let go of their long-term unfairness.

On the first day of the second month, the meeting place was on the grassland outside Jiayuguan. It was twenty miles long from east to west and about twelve miles wide from north to south. The terrain was flat and it was a vast grass beach with official roads running across the east and west, and the transportation was very convenient.

The Ming army and the three major units in the northern part of Mobei were centered on Zhu Cilang's imperial camp. The stars surrounded the moon, surrounded by all sides, and the troops were stationed in the camp.

Outside the imperial camp, a yellow tent was rebuilt, decorated in gorgeous shapes and symbolized peace. The tables in the tent were filled with gold and silver utensils, wine glasses and other utensils.

On both sides of the emperor's tent were purple-red tents, and the long tables inside were filled with abundant food, which was set for the ministers and Mongolian princes and princes participating in the alliance.

The four of Tzebuzundanba Hutuktu, Tushetu Khan, Zasaktu Khan and Chechen Khan sat in the first row, and other officials sat in the sequence.

Nearly a thousand princes and nobles came from the three Mongolian tribes in the north of Mobei, all of whom were waiting for the Ming Dynasty to be appointed as officials.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the imperial guards inside and outside the imperial camp stood solemnly wearing weapons, and Zhu Cilang took up his seat in court robes.
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