Early spring on the grassland,

The ice and snow in the distant mountains melted, turning into flowing water from the mountains, turning into streams and lakes on the grassland.

The remaining ice melts, young shoots emerge, accompanied by the dots of greenery and the air smelling of earthy green shoots, the slightly cold early spring represents the beginning of a new round of vitality for the grassland.

On the cruel grassland, every winter is a reincarnation.

Tribes that can survive the snowy winter welcome the spring with their livestock and tribesmen, but those that cannot survive the cold winter often have their entire tribes covered by ice and snow. Only when the ice and snow recedes in spring will the people who come here discover that they have returned.

A tribe disappeared on the grassland.

The power of nature is so unstoppable, and the will of Changshengtian is unpredictable. Only by joining together for warmth can the tribes on the grassland survive the severe cold.

Not to mention ordinary small tribes, even large tribes, when facing the cold winter, the wind and snow on the grassland will make them helpless. However, large tribes have more people and more livestock, so they have a higher chance of surviving.

However, everything is uncertain.

For example, the current Baliangadu Grassland, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, is obviously much more comfortable than those helpless tribes.

On the Baliangadu grassland thousands of miles away, the herdsmen of a small pasture with hundreds of domes spent the winter safely. With the help of the Ming Dynasty, they had potatoes and sweet potatoes for the winter, and their domes were stronger and more reliable.

The warmth in winter has become better, and their livestock have their own pens and silage for the winter.

This winter, God was very kind to Chen Yawan. In his first winter as the governor of Balianga, no herders froze to death, and livestock rarely froze to death.

For the herdsmen of Baliangadu, such changes are undoubtedly the blessing of immortality. Throughout the winter, everyone lives in warm domes, has enough food, warm clothes, and fodder to take care of their cattle and sheep.

Letting livestock freeze to death, how could this be such a good thing in previous years?!

With the arrival of early spring, the ice and snow melted, and the grassland thawed. The herdsmen couldn't help but smile happily when they looked at the cattle and sheep that came out of the pen and began to eat the buds on the ground: No livestock died this winter, which means that the herdsmen this year

There is hope.

Da da da da da da

The sound of horse hooves sounded not far away. The herdsmen looked up and saw a group of knights holding the flag of the Ming Dynasty galloping towards the distance on war horses. Looking at the group of knights, many old herdsmen had complicated expressions, while the young

The herdsmen showed envy.

Becoming a knight of the Ming Dynasty is the dream of many young men in Baliangadu.

An old herdsman slowly took out the tobacco bag from his waist, lit it and took a deep puff. As the smoke filled the air, the old herdsman slowly said: "This spring, the grassland will be uneven."

This is exactly what happened. In the early spring of the tenth year of the Apocalypse, Cao Wenzhao launched another attack. Compared with the previous two-pronged attack on the northern grassland and the eastern grassland, Cao Wenzhao once again sent out two cavalry, but this time

The second time was to focus on the tribes between Baliangadu Grassland and Chahar Grassland.

After the harsh winter, many small tribes perished and many tribes suffered heavy losses.

They couldn't refuse Daming at this time.

Huaiyuan General Li Zhao and Dingyuan General Wang Lin still set off with five thousand cavalry each. After receiving the order, groups of knights rushed from all over the country to the capital of Zhongba. There were groups of more than ten horsemen and dozens of horsemen.

Gathering together, they merged from a scattered state into two torrents, rushing towards the east against the cold wind of the early spring grassland.

Cao Wenzhao stood at the gate of the camp and watched the cavalry leave. He turned around and said to the generals following him: "Last year, the Tatar Khan Lindan Baltu was severely wounded by Huang Taiji, so he was unable to stop our actions on the grassland.

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"This spring, if Talindan Baltu wants to restore the power of the Chahar tribe, he must annex the surrounding small tribes to replenish his blood."

"What we are doing right now is competing with Lin Dan Baltu for small tribes. No matter what method we use, we cannot successfully restore the health of Lin Dan Baltu."

"After everyone returns, we will train our soldiers strictly. If nothing else happens, we will definitely have a fight with Lin Danbaltu."

All the generals clasped their fists and said in unison: "Here!"

Cao Wenzhao knew very well that if Lin Danbaltu still wanted to preserve his position as the Great Khan of the Grassland, wanted the Chahar Tribe to continue to occupy the fertile Chahar Grassland, and wanted to intimidate the various tribes in Monan, he would not be able to back down.

What's more, he lost two thousand horses in the battle with Huang Taiji a year ago. Now if he doesn't annex the surrounding small tribes to regain blood, his Chahar tribe will not be able to recover in a year or two.

The grassland is not as large as the Great Wall. The Central Plains Dynasty was so huge that it would not have broken bones, let alone tens of thousands of people, even hundreds of thousands of people. Otherwise, after the Baozong buried the elites of the three battalions of the Ming army in Tumubao, Yu Shao

It was impossible for Bao to draw another 100,000 people from the Beijing camp. He could also mobilize 200,000 to be fought by the Japanese army to defend Beijing first.

But for the grassland, not to mention the loss of hundreds of thousands of people, even the loss of thousands of people is a pain that breaks the muscles and bones.

Lin Danbaltu was defeated in the battle years ago, and he still hasn't recovered from his defeat. Otherwise, the Balian tribe and the Nadu tribe would still dare to fight on the grassland?

As long as they dare to fight, Lindan Baltu will dare to wait and reap the benefits. After the Balian and Nadu tribes are both injured in the fight, the Chahar tribe will be able to swallow up the Balian and Nadu tribes in one go.

It can only be said that Lin Dan Baltu's overconfidence not only gave Huang Taiji a hard blow, but also gave Da Ming an opportunity to take advantage of it. In the game between three people, two people won, and the only loser Lin Dan Baltu could only stand aside.

I huddled on the Chahar grassland and licked my wounds silently, while silently shedding tears, saying something like "Thirty years to the east of Hedong, thirty years to the west of Hexi, don't bully the strong and poor."

And the Ming army's another action, with tens of thousands of cavalry flying the Ming army's flag galloping on the grassland, also made many small tribes sandwiched between Balian's capital and Chahar clearly see who is strong and who is weak now.

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For these small tribes, learning to be a coward is an essential skill to survive on the grasslands.

Therefore, when they discovered that Balian was obviously stronger than Chahar, these small tribes who had just survived a severe winter were really moved by the Ming army's recruitment.

Now they have suffered heavy losses, and many herdsmen and livestock have been left behind forever. If they still want to live a stable life this year, their best choice is to join a big force.

With the support of the Ming Dynasty and the ability to receive material support from the Ming Dynasty, Balian's capital is undoubtedly the most suitable choice at the moment. At worst, he will go and settle under the Great Wall.

Therefore, this time many small tribes chose to leave the pastures with their livestock and head to Balian's capital. For these proactive tribes, Cao Wenzhao chose to send cavalry to provide them with protection; as for those who had no vision and wanted to retain their tribal leaders

Status, why would you rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix? Those small tribes who still want to be free and independent have nothing to say.

In this living environment on the grassland, where the jungle prevails, you are not qualified to talk about independence if you are weak, and you would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.

Ten thousand cavalry on this grassland are the unstoppable force of these small tribes. When several uncooperative small tribes were exterminated and their members were taken away, some more active small tribes also saw that Balian was now

Here comes Nadu's attitude.

The tribes who still wanted to retain their independence fled one after another. They knew very well that this grassland would definitely become the battlefield for the next battle between Balian Dadu and Chahar.

Which small tribe can survive on the grassland is not a human spirit?

Those old herdsmen have experienced too many winds and snows, and it is difficult for them to escape their eyes from the wind and grass on the grassland.

This early spring has just arrived, and the air with the cold wind and bleakness is already filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.

Of course, for the small tribe herders who have just joined Baliangadu, these are not their concerns. They are marveling at the difference between Baliangadu and other grasslands.

Full of order and full of hope.

Balian Na is a special economic zone of the Ming Dynasty, and everything here is in order.

On the grassland in early spring, each family of herdsmen began to graze and clean their own farms. The small and migrating tribes looked at these herdsmen in amazement.

Facing the foreign tribes, the herdsmen of Baliangadu seemed very calm. They had seen many of these surprised small tribes, and they did not even notice that a sense of arrogance had arisen in their hearts: The herdsmen of small tribes are

I have no experience and don’t know how powerful my Ming Dynasty is.

Yes, they are very proud now and have a strong sense of superiority, because they are no longer ordinary tribal herdsmen, but subjects of the Ming Dynasty.

They had their own cattle, sheep, pastures, and farms. They did not need to provide cattle and sheep skins to the leaders and leaders, nor did they need to use them as cattle or horses. They also had the powerful Ming Dynasty court to provide them with protection.

Therefore, they have a sense of superiority.

And these small tribes who had just arrived in Baliangadu saw a scene that was completely different from other places. The herdsmen of these small tribes were confused and at a loss. They didn't know how to integrate here.

Soon, a group of Mongolian riders flying the flag of the Ming Dynasty arrived, but the leader of this group of Mongolian riders flying the flag of the Ming Dynasty was a Han, a young scholar.

This is a student from Datong Academy. He is now the person in charge of a pastoral area. These small tribes have been divided into his pastoral area by Chen Yawan.

"You have arrived at Ming Dynasty's territory. Relax and follow me. I will take you to the place where you will settle."

"My name is Li Ke, and I am the flag commander of the three banners of Dongba and Nadu. If you have any questions in the future, you can come to me."

The flag leader named Li Ke told the herdsmen of these small tribes in detail the environment of the place where they would live in the future. The herdsmen of these small tribes learned that Balian Na now has nine large pastoral areas, and they are in Dongba

Lian Na is a pastoral area, and each large pastoral area is divided into ten banners. Each banner has ten pastures, and each pasture is a hundred domed huts.

After they join the three banners of Dongba, Lian and Nadu, they will become the new pasture of the three banners.

Nalang is a herdsman from the Zhending tribe, which is just an ordinary small tribe on the grassland.

Such small tribes with only a hundred domes and huts are as numerous as weeds on the grassland. The smaller the tribe, the harder it is for them to survive on the grassland.

Every winter is a test of death for them.

After finally surviving another severe winter, this small tribe finally chose to join Baliangadu in order to survive stably.

As soon as Nalang came to Baliangadu with his tribe, he was assigned to the three banners of Dongbaliangadu and became the eleventh pasture under the three banners.

The hundreds of domes of their entire tribe formed a pasture. The livestock they brought were not taken away by Balianjidu. On the contrary, Balianjidu not only allocated pasture to them, but also knew that they had suffered a snowstorm and lost their livestock.

After the disaster, they were given another batch of livestock.

Li Ke brought the Zhen Ding tribe to their ranch, and then said: "This ranch is now your settlement. The court will send you materials and arrange ranchers for you. What do you need?"

If you want help, come to your rancher. If he can't solve it, come to me."

"Although you have your own domes, these domes are too old. You can use them for the next few days. After the new wood is delivered, you can build your own pasture."

"You don't have many livestock at the moment. The imperial court will allocate a group of livestock to you. Just like everyone else, these livestock will belong to you after you graze them for ten years. And the cubs that are born every year will belong to the imperial court and half to you."

"As for potatoes and sweet potatoes, I will allocate a batch from the flag to you first, so you can plant them first."

"There won't be any arrangements for you for the time being. You can just live in peace."
To be continued...