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The autumn wind is bleak and the weather is getting colder.
This year, the Monan Grassland has received less rainfall since autumn, and the cold wave has come earlier than in previous years.
A few days ago, a sudden cold wind came overnight. For the Qin army, it was only a few thousand soldiers who suffered from a lot of colds. But for herders on the grasslands, this is a frightening warning.
The nomadic people live in pursuit of water and grass, highly dependent on nature, and follow the cycle of seasons and move between summer and winter pastures.
One of the characteristics of this grassland nomadic economy is that it is extremely sensitive to natural changes - especially the amount of rainfall. The tolerance of grassland for livestock increases and decreases with the climate to a great extent, which is beyond the imagination of people in agricultural societies.
On a certain area of pasture land, if the climate is good, the water is abundant and the grass is beautiful, the livestock herd can more than double within a few years. If rainfall decreases, livestock will die in large numbers due to lack of grass.
In addition, there is a lack of appropriate emergency measures for accidents such as plague and snowstorms, and livestock mortality rates are often as high as 50 to 80 percent.
Historical records say that natural disasters caused the Xiongnu to "kill as many as three people and produce as many as five livestock", which is definitely not an exaggeration. Livestock is the main wealth of nomadic society. The loss of livestock is the loss of wealth. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for nomads to accumulate wealth, and their ability to resist natural disasters is extremely fragile.
Nomads may be affected by climate and lose their original living resources in a short period of time, so they must find other ways to make a living.
After autumn this year, there was less rainfall and the cold wave came earlier than in previous years. This situation often indicates that there will be a "white disaster" after winter.
Originally, the Monan grassland, which had just broken free from the strong shackles of the Qing Dynasty, was already full of wars. This abnormal climate made the tribes on the grassland even more chaotic.
In the past, in years like this, the wandering people would go south to "graze the valleys" and plunder the property of the farming people in the pass. So that you can survive the disaster year smoothly.
But this year, no tribe dares to go south, nor does it have the ability to go south. As a result, the plundering and mergers between various tribes intensified.
The war between Alukorqin, Zalut and Chitat is just one of the many wars between the 49 tribes in Monan;
But who knows whether this war will affect the future power structure and overall direction of Monan Mongolia
Autumn is high and horses are fat, which is a good time for hunting. Alukorqin Khan Zhedi thinks Qitat is his prey, while Qitat thinks Zhedi is his prey.
Chabal, the leader of the Zalut Left Banner, was originally caught between the two major forces. No matter who becomes the winning hunter, it seems to be of no benefit to him, but now, Chabal has become the key to who can become the hunter on both sides.
The sky is blue, the fields are vast, and the wind blows the pastures as low as waves. Zhedi's five thousand men and horses spread out for several miles, flying past like a black cloud. The dull sound of horse hooves startled the wild beasts running around. Even the wolves on the grassland fled away.
In the high and clear sky, a falcon circled in the wind and let out a clear whistle from time to time. Suddenly, the hovering falcon flapped its wings and flew away to the north.
Upon seeing this, Zhedi immediately led his army and followed the falcon to the north. Ten miles later. Sure enough, we saw a cavalry force of nearly two thousand men, which belonged to Chabal.
As soon as they met, Zhedi laughed loudly and said: "The leader of Chabal really keeps his word. Hahaha..."
But Chabal said anxiously: "Zhedi Khan, Qitat has brought his men and horses to kill this way."
When Chabal said this, he saw several horses galloping in the distance, and above the sky, Zhedi's falcon also whistled and spread its wings to fly south.
"Report! Great Khan, the Qitat have come out in full force and have arrived at Bado'ao, less than twenty miles away from here."
"People of Chabalshou, let's stop talking nonsense and work together to defeat Chitat first. After defeating Chitat, we will divide the cattle and sheep from three to seven, you three, and I seven..."
In Zhedi's opinion, Chabal invited him here, and the loot was a gift from him.
The two groups, totaling nearly 7,000 people, galloped across the grassland. Qitat only has 5,000 troops, and some of them are those who have just annexed the right-wing banner of Zalut. In short, if Zhedi and Chabal can unite, the chance of victory is still very high.
The enemy and we met at a place called Lianhuadian. For a time, thousands of horses screamed and horns whined non-stop. Zhedi was full of confidence, but he never expected that the attack horn had just sounded. However, his ally Chabal did not rush towards the enemy, but suddenly came towards him.
All this happened so suddenly. Chabal spent so much money to hire Zhedi to deal with Qitat. Who would Zhedi have thought that he would turn his back on the battlefield
The horses galloped wildly, and the sound of killing was loud. Zalut's troops suddenly rushed into Alukorqin's left wing, and Zhedi's men were instantly stunned.
The Qitat on the opposite side was overjoyed when they saw this scene. The five thousand army immediately swept in like a huge wave in the sky. As soon as they approached, black arrows shot up overwhelmingly, shooting the Alukorqin tribe in chaos until they screamed. One after another, they came to the ground.
Zhedi finally woke up from his sweet dream. He was hit by an arrow in his left arm, piercing his heart and lungs. "Go! Damn Chabal, go!" Zhedi, who was overwhelmed by pain, gave a fatally wrong order at this critical moment;
If he strengthens his will and fights to the death, even if he loses in the end, Chabal Yiqitat will definitely not feel comfortable.
There may even be a situation where three defeats lead to injuries. After all, he had 5,000 men. Although his right wing was frightened, it was not attacked and still had the power to attack.
As soon as Zhechen gave the order to retreat, the fighting will of his men instantly collapsed. Under the fierce attack of Qitat and Chabal, the retreat quickly turned into a complete collapse.
"Kill!" Qitat's face flushed with excitement. Alukorqin is a big tribe. Once it annexes Alukorqin, its strength will increase. No tribe in Monan can match it.
On the endless grassland, Zhedi ran for his life, Qitat and Chabal chased him desperately. Thousands of horses galloped, and the sound of killings was everywhere. Zhedi fled all the way back to Alukorqin, and Qitat and Chabal also chased him all the way here. ;
In the end, Zhedi was captured and killed, and Alukorqin was annexed by Qitat and Chamal in one day.
This time Qitat followed Yatu's instructions without any ambiguity and gave half of Alukorqin's cattle and sheep to Chabal, and had no intention of turning back and annexing Chabal.
In this way, although he did not annex Chabal, he gained Chabal's trust, attached himself to it wholeheartedly, and became Qitat's staunch ally.
This move not only had the benefit of that, but also convinced other small tribes of the credibility of Qitat. The Haochite tribe in the west also took the initiative to join the tribe and became attached to Qitat. Let his strength further increase dramatically.
The news quickly spread back to Horqin. At this time, the leaders of the Wengniute Left Banner around Horqin were Dakel, the leader of the Khalkha Left Banner, Harin, the Tumed Left Banner, Wenbu Chuhuer, and the right wing leader Shanbaren. , Lu Dan, the leader of the left-wing banner of Bahrain, and Sebuteng, the leader of the right-wing banner, gathered in Horqin to form an alliance at the invitation of Meng Ke.
Everyone has just posted, please comment on the masterpiece. After receiving the news that Qitat had annexed Alukorqin and formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the Zalut Left Banner and the Hochit Tribe, Rudan, the leader of the Bahrain Left Banner, and Sebuteng, the leader of the right wing banner, could not sit still. Because there is only a Guikou Mountain between the left and right wings of Bahrain and Alukorqin. If Qitat takes advantage of his victory and moves his army southward, the two flags of the Bahrain Department will be the first to bear the brunt.
Lu Dan and Sebuteng hurriedly asked to see Meng Ke and said anxiously: "Grand Governor, Qitat continues to annex other tribes and his strength has greatly increased. If we don't send troops to annihilate him, more tribes will definitely join him. He has become a serious problem."
This played into Meng Ke's plan, and of course he did not want Qi Ta Te to become powerful, so he immediately responded to the invitation of the two men and summoned the leaders of each tribe to the big tent to discuss sending troops to attack Qi Ta Te.
There is no need for Meng Ke to spend any thought on mobilization. This year's weather is abnormal, and the leaders of various ministries are worried that it will be difficult to survive the winter. According to the agreement when the alliance was just formed, Da Qin will command each time troops are sent out, but if there are gains, the spoils will be distributed according to merit;
Now that the alliance is forged, how can we spend the winter without going out to "hunt"
As a result, driven by interests, the leaders of the seven tribes supported sending troops. Qi Bai was in command, Horqin sent 1,500 soldiers, plus Niu Wanchuan's 500 soldiers equipped with rifles, forming a total of 2,000 Qin troops. , the other seven tribes, each tribe dispatched 1,500 people.
This is how a grand "autumn hunt" begins.
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.(To be continued...)
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