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Sheep eat grass and grow wool, and the shepherd shears the wool.
The sheep continue to eat the grass, and when their wool grows back, the shepherd shears their wool again. When the grass on the grassland is almost eaten up, what should we do? It's simple: eat the sheep.
This is Meng Ke's "Shearing the Sheep" plan, which is basically the same idea as what Qin Mu said in the letter. Of course, this plan seems simple, but it is not so easy to implement.
There is too much grass on the grassland now. I am worried that the little white sheep Yatu cannot eat so much, or will eat too much, and the grass will become fertilizer for the grassland before its wool grows.
Another possibility is that she was allowed to grow strong, but she was not caught in time for shearing. Then she would be transformed into a wolf and bite the shepherd in return.
The grassland is so vast that many places are uninhabited. If you are not familiar with the grassland, it is easy to get lost when you walk into this boundless place, let alone find a group of people accurately according to your wishes.
Just like the Yongle Emperor's five expeditions to Mongolia, it's not that you can't defeat them, it's that you can't find them. Meng Ke was afraid of this before. Now, Qin Mu asked Niu Wanchuan to bring 500 rifles, which can be used as a pair of sharp scissors, attached to the back of Yatu, and cut when the time comes.
A small group of cavalry, each man riding two horses, has high mobility and is relatively easy to attach to a group of men and horses, while having enough combat power to act like scissors.
Yatu didn't know that she had become a sheep in Mengke's eyes, and was going to let her eat more grass and then shear her wool. She and Qitate rushed back to the Left Wing Middle Banner of Horqin and took control of the situation. Then Aobai and Tian Heng's 3,000 troops arrived, and the two sides fought a big battle, with both sides suffering losses.
Later, they heard that Qin Tiedan was about to attack with another 2,000 troops, so Yatu and Qitate did not dare to confront him head-on and fled all the way to the northwest.
There were 16 Mongolian tribes distributed in the grasslands south of the desert, including Khorchin, Zhalaite, Durbert, Balin, Zhalut, Naiman, Khalkha, Maomingqiao, Uladai, Kalaqin, Ujumchin, Chahar, Tumed, Ordos, Wengniud, and Abakhanar. But there were 49 tribal leaders.
For example, Wu Keshan and Manzhu Xili were both members of the Khorchin tribe in name, but in reality they each had their own tribe and were not subordinate to each other.
Among these sixteen tribes, each tribe is divided into "wings" of varying sizes on the left, right, front and back. Each wing has a leader who is either a prince, a duke, or a beile.
Anyway, in order to more effectively control the Mongolian tribes, the Qing Dynasty divided the tribes into very small pieces. The entire southern Mongolia was divided into pieces, and some of the 49 leaders had only three or two thousand people in total, and only a few hundred of them could fight on horseback.
Therefore, Tuya's 5,000-plus troops were already a very powerful force in the south of the desert.
They headed northwest from the Horqin Left Middle Banner to escape the pursuit of Aobai and Qin Tiedan, and arrived at the Zhalute Right Banner.
The Zalantu tribe was originally a fairly large tribe, but it suffered heavy losses when the Qing Dynasty invaded the country. Now, there are less than 2,000 combat-capable soldiers left in the right wing banner.
When Taiji Kenzhehe saw that Qitate and Tuya were coming in such a large force, he was worried that they would get into trouble, so he refused to let them enter the country and ordered people to send some cattle and sheep, hoping to get rid of Qitate and Yatu.
Qitat was accompanied by many tribesmen, and there were pursuers behind them. After a long journey, they finally arrived at the territory of the Zarut tribe, but were refused entry. He was furious. He said to the people sent by Kenzheh: "Princess Yatu is here, but you Taiji did not come to see her, and refused us entry into the Zarut Right Banner. Do you still have the princess in your eyes?"
Kenzheh's envoy Zhexiao was pointed at and yelled at. He felt very uncomfortable and thought to himself: What about the princess? The Qing Dynasty is gone. She still wants to use the tiger skin to pretend to be a big banner.
"Qitat, we each have our own territory on the grassland. You have your pasture, and we have ours. Now that you have come with your entire clan, do you think we should give up the pasture to you?"
When Qitate saw that the other party still had this attitude, he thought it was useless to continue talking, so he simply chopped off Zhexiao's head with a knife, and then led his troops to attack the Zalantu Right Banner with all his strength.
On the grasslands today, the tribes are no longer constrained by the Qing Dynasty, and are constantly fighting and annexing each other. The entire southern grassland is ablaze with war, and everyone speaks with their fists. It's not just Qita who is like this.
In the previous battle with Aobai, he lost several hundred men, and he still had 5,000 soldiers. This was definitely a heavy blow to the Zalantu Right Banner, which had only more than 1,000 combat-capable soldiers.
Kenzhehe had no choice but to fight, unless he didn't want his people anymore. So despite the huge difference in strength, he had no choice but to fight.
On the autumn grassland, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and the grass was just beginning to turn yellow. There were thousands of soldiers and horses on both sides, and the sound of hooves was like thunder and their sabers were like snow. They collided fiercely and fought hard.
Under Yatu's instruction, Qitat only sent 3,000 troops to fight Kenzhehe. After entangling Kenzhehe, his remaining 2,000 troops immediately bypassed and attacked Kenzhehe's tribe.
Kenzhehe was horrified. He had few soldiers and almost all the combat-capable soldiers had been sent to the battlefield. Only the old, weak, women and children in the tribe were left. How could he resist Qitate's two thousand fierce soldiers
Not only Kenzhehe was terrified, but also his soldiers. More than a thousand men were distracted and had no idea how to advance or retreat. They soon collapsed completely, and Kenzhehe was also killed in the chaos.
If it weren't for Yatu's plan, it would have been impossible to annex the Zalantu Right Banner so easily. Under Kenzhehe's desperate resistance, even if Qitat could win, he would suffer heavy casualties.
After easily occupying the right wing of the Zarut Banner, Qitate's confidence soared, and his expression was excited. In Kenzheh's luxurious tent, he hugged Yatu and kissed him wildly, mumbling: "With the princess's brilliant plan, Kenzheh is vulnerable... Princess, as long as we annex a few more tribes, we don't have to be afraid of the Qin army anymore..."
Yatu was also happy in his heart. The people on the grassland have always worshipped the strong. As long as you conquer them completely, it will be easy to integrate the newly annexed tribes. It is very rare that the annexed tribes remain united and you cannot digest them.
Once Kenzhehe died, the remaining members of the Zalantu tribe would have no choice but to follow him. Just as Qitat said, as long as he could successfully annex a few more tribes like the Zalantu tribe, his strength would greatly increase. Would he still need to be afraid of the Qin army's pursuit then
"My dear, when you become the Khan of Mongolia, will you still want me?"
"Whatever the princess said, of course I want you, and I want you now..."
Seeing the half-undressed Yatu, he was drooling. He could no longer bear it and quickly stripped Yatu to a white lamb, then pressed on him. Yatu moaned softly, "My dear, be gentle, oh..."
Just when the two were making love, the curtain of the big tent was suddenly lifted, and Qitat's wife, Mutab, Yatu's half sister, walked in, "You..." Seeing her husband and her sister doing something good, the expression on her face changed in an indescribable way.
"Muttab!" Qitat stopped and Yatu pushed him gently. Qitat quickly stood up and hugged Mutab.
Mutab was not as beautiful as Yatu, and after being married for many years, Chitat had lost interest in her. However, it was a different story when the two sisters were together.
"Let me go, you actually carried me on your back..." Mutab was halfway through her words when she was kissed. Seeing her struggling, Qitate used force, tore off her clothes, and then pressed her on the carpet...
Qitate finally got what he wanted, and had a pair of sisters on both sides.
The three of them were in the tent, and just as they were enjoying the good times, a soldier outside the tent suddenly cried out through the curtain, "Princess, Prince Consort, something bad has happened, something bad has happened, the Qin army is chasing us."
The three people in the tent were startled. Qitate quickly climbed up from his wife Mutab and shouted to the outside of the curtain: "How many Qin troops have come and where are they? Tell us quickly!"
"My dear, the two groups of people led by Aobai have already reached Xihan Mountain."
Xihan Mountain was only seventy miles away from here. With the speed of the cavalry, if they galloped at full speed, they would arrive there in no time. Qitate was filled with anger. He quickly put on his clothes, picked up his sword and bow, and rushed out of the tent.
The two sisters in the tent got up and dressed. They didn't care about arguing anymore. If they couldn't stop the Qin army, they would all suffer a bad fate...
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