Because they were familiar with the route, Nikan and his party returned to Hulun City much faster than when they came.

In late December, Sun Chuanyu's personal guards set off again from Hulun City.

Within ten days, all haladas in various places received Nikan's order.

The gunpowder workshop in Ilinka ignored the regulation that gunpowder could only be stored for half a year, and went to great lengths to produce it. Within a month, in addition to the regular stock of one thousand stone, an additional thousand stone was produced.

Within a month, each household would sew two sets of leather coats, collect them in Harada and send them to Hulun City. The leather coats would be deducted from the taxes collected in the coming year.

Harhatu and Muren of Chita received orders to grind all the rye stored in the warehouse into flour and fry it, and to chop all the straw into pieces for later use.

Yadan, who was also in charge of the Rites Department, and Harhatu, who was in charge of the Household Department, received an order to collect a thousand carts from each department under Aslan Khan.

At the same time, near Hulun City, on the north bank of the Hailar River, a large number of Xi Leng pillars are being built.

By late January, a thousand Xi Leng pillars stood densely on the north bank. At this time, the second snowstorm in Mobei finally came, and large areas of Xi Leng pillars were covered with snow, like stacks of snow.

Alin'a set off with the three thousand riders who had completed their training. They would go south along the route taken by the last training team.

Is this another training session?

Three days later, another huge team moved south.

The attentive people finally discovered that Aslan Khan was almost out in force this time!

Ulan-Ude, the three thousand cavalry from Baryaga, the one thousand cavalry from Chita, the three thousand cavalry from Nerchinsk and Durga, plus the three thousand cavalry from Arin'a who have already set off, Nikan's command

All 10,000 standing troops gathered in Hulun City and set off again.

Not only these 10,000 cavalry, but 3,000 tribal cavalry from the Yuanda River Basin, led by Uligi, also set out with a thousand carts. Each cart can carry twenty stones of goods, fully loaded with grain, grass and

Ammunition, spare wheels, etc.

In addition to the three thousand Alin'a cavalry who had already set off, Nikan gathered the remaining seven thousand flying dragon cavalry, tiger cavalry, and dragoon cavalry together, totaling 2,100 flying dragon cavalry, 2,100 tiger cavalry, and two

One thousand and eight hundred dragon cavalry, Nikan Nikan asked Zhuktu to command the flying dragon cavalry, Suha to command the tiger cavalry, and Muren to command the dragoon cavalry.

There are also a thousand artillery troops led by Harhatu and Sun Xiujie personally, with a total of 200 artillery pieces, all of which are small cannons of 200 kilograms.

This time, Nikan has revealed almost all of his wealth. If he wants to have a big war, it will definitely be a battle that will overwhelm the country!

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Nikan led the flying dragon cavalry, and the dragon cavalry walked in front, Suha led the tiger cavalry, artillery and tribal cavalry behind, and the group drove south quickly according to the road opened by Nikan and the others last time.

Aling'a's 3,000 cavalrymen brought 4,000 horses, including one and two men from the Tiger Cavalry. They soon arrived at Dali Lake.

After resting for a day at Dali Lake, a message came from the scouts ahead.

"General, I figured it out. There are about a thousand Jiannu people stationed in an abandoned city about two hundred miles south of Dali Lake, while the Mongolian cavalry is on a pasture more than thirty miles to the west. I heard that there

It used to be the location of Hu Duntu Khan’s big tent.”

"Also, there are not many people in the Chahar area near the border of the Ming Dynasty. Their three thousand cavalry are all strong, and they are all gathered here."

"According to the information provided by the prisoners we captured, they were still patrolling every day in December, but they relaxed in January. Recently, they have been patrolling every ten days. They just patrolled three days ago."

"How do they patrol?"

"General, there are 4,000 Jurchens and Mongolians together. Only 1,000 cavalry are left to guard the camp at a time. The remaining people are divided into three directions: north, south, and west to patrol for a hundred miles."

"Yeah", Alina was silent.

After learning that Buyechuk fell in love with Luo Chengzhi, including him, Zhu Ketu, Suha, Yadan, Muren, and Harhatu were all silent. At present, except for him and Yadan, they are all talking to various tribes

The halada made an engagement.

This time, Nikan asked Alin'a to go out with three thousand fine horses to investigate. Naturally, it was to clear all obstacles on the road. However, Nikan did not make it very clear. There was only one principle.

"Try to block the news and don't let the enemy know that our army has moved south."

Thinking of this, Alin'a couldn't help but frowned. The border from East Khalkha to Chahar was smooth, and they didn't encounter any enemies at all. The few horse thieves who came out rashly were also cleared by them.

However, the situation is different after arriving at Dali Lake. Not far to the south is the original headquarters of the Chahar tribe. Even if there are only three thousand horsemen, there are probably five times as many herdsmen living behind them, trying to block the news.

Easier said than done?

In fact, Nikan asked Alin'a to set off three days in advance with an army of three thousand, mainly to give the army behind him time to react if it encounters danger. It is not easy to block the news in such a vast grassland.

After Buyechuk decided to marry Luo Chengzhi, Nikan's family still had someone to marry - Yierha, who is sixteen years old this year. Although everyone knows that neither Buyechuk nor Yierha actually had any relationship with Nikan.

They are not real relatives, but Nikan is Aji's adopted son after all, and the two of them are nominally Nikan's sisters.

Therefore, after losing Buyechuk, Alina turned his attention to Yierha - he decided that he would be tied to Nikan for the rest of his life. After Nikan learned about this, he and his uncle Mergen

, Aunt Wuhemo discussed it, and unexpectedly the two of them agreed without thinking.

Yue Tuo, who is the leader of Halada, also has no objection. They all know that Alin A'ar is now Nikan's number one general.

After learning about Yierha, Zhu Ketu, Suha and others all regretted it, but the deal was already done and they had no choice but to give up.

And Yue Tuan is eighteen years old this year and is still unmarried. He is still waiting for Nikan to find him a good match.

Nikan's ultimate goal of this operation was not told to all the generals, including Alina, which was also the reason for Alina's hesitation.

But now Nikan has brought out all the standing troops. Such a big action cannot be explained by a "training". If it is a war, it will definitely be a battle that will destroy the country. If you win, it will be easy to say, but if you lose, it will be extremely dangerous.

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In the end, Alina decided to wait for Nikan in Dali Lake.

Two days later, when Nikan arrived with 2,100 flying dragon riders and 2,800 dragon riders, he expressed his appreciation for Aling'a's behavior after learning about the movement in the south.

On the second day, nearly 8,000 standing troops were mobilized, and when they reached the abandoned city wall thirty miles away, the army stopped.

That night, the army suddenly appeared under the city wall and launched a surprise attack on the Baya soldiers inside.

The so-called abandoned city wall is actually the site of Shangdu in the Yuan Dynasty. It was burned down by the Red Scarf Army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and has never been repaired. However, Chahar has always had an elite stationed nearby.

The perimeter of the outer city wall of Shangdu in the Yuan Dynasty was about ten miles, and nearly 8,000 standing troops surrounded it.

The outcome was doomed. Under the fire of more than 3,000 muskets, Tan Tai was shot and killed as soon as he met him. When Zhu Ketu led the flying dragon cavalry to charge in, a thousand Baya soldiers had been defeated. In the end, only a few were captured.

Outside, most of them were killed.

After asking for confessions, Nikan was ready to kill all the prisoners to prevent the news from leaking out, but one of them knelt down in front of Nikan and begged.

"There are people like this in Bagala?" Nikan couldn't help feeling a little contemptuous in his heart. Even if such people joined his standing army, they wouldn't be of much help.

However, the man's words convinced Nikan to finally spare his life.

"I am Nanchu, the eldest grandson of Jintaishi, the former lord of Yehedong City."

Nikan naturally knew that Yehe City was surrounded and destroyed by the Jurchens in Jianzhou. He originally thought that all the Yehe nobles had been killed by the old slaves, but he did not expect that some of them were still left.

Nanchu was about twenty years old, tall and strong, and he was indeed a good candidate for Baya La soldiers. He also had the rank of third-class baron, which made him better than ordinary Baya soldiers.

In the end, Nikan killed all the Jurchen prisoners who were from Jianzhou and Haidong. Under the selection of Nanchu, only those who were from Haixi, that is, Yehe, Ula, Huifa, and Hada were left.

Nikan couldn't help but wonder, why didn't people from Sauron, Xibo, Sanxing, and Haidong also stay?

"Great Khan, these people all have a future given by Jiannu. Their families have also moved to Liaodong. They are already aligned with Jiannu."

"What about you? Aren't you and Jiannu the same race?"

"Great Khan, you must not say that. I, the Yehe tribe, have always admired the culture of the Central Plains. Before the rise of Lao Nu, I was always the patron saint of the Ming Dynasty. The slaves bear the hatred of the country and the family. In the past, the slave establishment was powerful, so I had to make concessions. Now, the Great Khan

The strength of the army is no less than that of slaves. The slaves are attached to the tail, in front of the saddle and behind the horse, and they do whatever they want!"

Nikan smiled and said: "According to what you just said, you still have many relatives in Liaodong. If you come to me, aren't you afraid of hurting them?"

"..."

"Haha," Nikan consoled him, "After this war is over, you can change your appearance and Jiannu won't find out for a while."

"Thank you, Khan"

In the battle that night, Nikan made a sudden attack with the force of thunder, and his troops had an absolute advantage. Although they were facing the Baya La soldiers who established slaves, the battle still went on very quickly, and did not alarm the Mongolian cavalry thirty miles away.

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Two more days later, Suha, Harhatu, and Ulji's rear team finally arrived.

On the third day, under the leadership of Nanchu's 100 Bagala soldiers, Ulji led 3,000 tribal cavalry and rushed to the Mongolian cavalry camp.

"Mele Zhangjing has ordered that three thousand cavalrymen from Horqin's headquarters have arrived. Your troops can be disbanded."

The three thousand Mongolian cavalry were overjoyed when they learned about it. Now the whole of Chahar is supported by these three thousand cavalry. If there were not another thousand Jianzhou strong troops here, Lin Dan Khan in the west would probably kill a carbine. Now Daikin's

When reinforcements arrive, we must quickly withdraw our troops to protect the old and weak.

In less than a day, the three thousand Mongolian cavalry dispersed completely, and Ulji led three thousand tribal cavalry to occupy their camp.

After settling the matter with Chahar, Alin'a set off on the road again with three thousand cavalry. This time, Nanchu led the way. They meandered along the Luan River toward the southeast.

On February 10th, they arrived at the place now called Qingcheng, where Chengde City later came to be. It was occupied by a small tribe of the Karaqin tribe. They learned that they were heading to the Ming Dynasty to "support" Huang Taiji.

Taiji was always waiting on me diligently inside and out.

There are about a few hundred small tribes, all gathered in the open area north of the Luanhe River.

At night, a killing began, and three thousand horsemen suddenly surrounded this small tribe.

In the night, firelight, knife shadows, screams, and the neighing of horses were intertwined, and the air was filled with an unpleasant smell. Alin'a, who was standing on a high ground and watching all of this coldly, was a little intoxicated.
To be continued...