"Are you threatening me?" E'linchen tightly gripped the bow and arrow, staring at He Jin.
"Same here!" He Jin smiled faintly.
He was not afraid of angering E'linchen.
Not to mention that the other party has already surrendered to the Jiannu, even if they submit to the Ming Dynasty, conflicts will still break out between the two sides when the time comes.
It was not the Mongols who took the initiative to provoke trouble, but the Ming border troops.
This was recorded in the "Memorials from the Ministry of War" during the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty.
After the Longqing Peace Agreement, the Ordos tribe took the initiative to request tribute and trade.
Before the court ministers expressed their opinions, the border generals of the three borders of Shaanxi and Xuanda were the first to express their opposition.
Especially those generals who have servants.
They themselves were not rich, but supporting servants required a lot of money.
In order to make money, they would raid the Mongols' nests and drive away their horses from time to time.
To put it simply, they robbed the Mongolian herdsmen of their horses, cattle, sheep and other supplies, sold them to merchants in exchange for money, and then used it to support their servants.
Once the two sides reach an agreement on a ceasefire, the border troops can only receive monthly salaries.
Not only did he lose the extra income, he also lost the opportunity to gain military merit!
Over time, military equipment will inevitably become obsolete!
Unfortunately, the opinions of the border army generals were suppressed by the ministers in the court.
As time went by, the combat effectiveness of the border troops, which had no money and no military achievements, gradually declined.
But there are exceptions.
In addition to Li Chengliang's method of raising bandits to protect himself from the imperial court and asking for money, some generals also made money by smuggling goods, embezzling military pay, and occupying military land.
Especially the act of occupying military land, didn’t the court and the emperor know about it?
Of course I know!
They want to change the status quo but haven't found a better way, so most of the time they can only turn a blind eye.
Because once the military land is taken back, the border army generals will lose their way to make money.
Border troops without money have no combat effectiveness!
Why is reform difficult?
The country is a huge and complex machine, so complex that a single move can affect the entire body!
You can't just do this or that as you wish! You need to think things through and take everything into consideration!
Reforms based on a piece of decree will never succeed!
In order to ease conflicts and solve problems, many reform policies take time.
It could be as short as a few years or as long as several decades!
Chongzhen’s reforms also faced the same problem. Before finding the best answer, he had to cross the river by feeling the stones!
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The leader of the Ordos tribe, E'linchen, wanted to take the opportunity to join the war and get some supplies, but He Jin disagreed because he was afraid that the other side would rebel on the battlefield.
After the two sides threatened each other, the situation became tense.
E'linchen wanted to go to war with He Jin, but considering that He Jin had tens of thousands of cavalry brought by Lu Daqi behind him, he decided to endure it!
"General He," E Linchen put down his bow and arrow, "Can we find a compromise?"
"You can try to convince me!" He Jin put down the three-barreled gun upon seeing this.
E Linchen frowned and thought for a long time, then suggested in a low voice: "Can I send a small group of troops to join the battle? The number of people does not need to be too large, a thousand soldiers and horses will be enough!"
"What do you want to do?" He Jin was a little alert.
“Hehe!” E Linchen deliberately smiled and said, “As long as my people show up on the battlefield, it will be fine. This way, we can show our attitude of submission to the Ming court, and at the same time, we can gain some credit and exchange for some supplies. After we return, we can also give an explanation to the people of our tribe!”
"Let me think about it..." This compromise plan touched He Jin.
His mission was to tie down the forces of the Ordos tribe.
If he simply refused, the frustrated Ordos would probably force his way into the battlefield and join the battle.
Regardless of whether the other party is an enemy or a friend, his mission has failed.
If we follow E'linchen's proposal and send one thousand people to join the battle, the rest will stay on standby!
Then he can be said to have completed the task brilliantly.
As for the issue of these thousand people turning against their own side in the middle of the battle, He Jin didn't think it was a problem.
One thousand Mongolian cavalry were too few. With the "accompany" of an equal number of Ming troops, they could not cause any trouble at all.
"This method is feasible!" He Jin nodded to E Linchen, "But you have to go to Guihua City accompanied by my cavalry!"
"No problem!" E Linchen breathed a sigh of relief.
After the two parties reached an agreement, E'linchen urged his horse to leave and mobilize the troops.
Two quarters of an hour later, a thousand Mongolian cavalrymen arrived in front of He Jin.
He Jin did not dare to be careless. He selected a thousand elite soldiers from his three thousand cavalrymen, and then ordered a trusted general to lead the team away.
He himself stayed where he was to monitor the main force of the Ordos tribe.
In this way, two thousand Ming-Mongol coalition forces rushed towards Guihua City.
Halfway through the journey, they encountered Liu Zhaoji's cavalry.
After verifying their identities, Liu Zhaoji's cavalry was divided into two.
One part stayed in place to garrison, while the other part followed behind the Ming-Mongol coalition forces to monitor them.
Naturalized outside the city.
The Ming army was launching the most fierce attack on the Mongolian soldiers defending the city.
They crawled along the ruins caused by the collapse and shot at the stunned Mongolian soldiers.
In the face of the Ming army's sharp firearms, the Mongolian soldiers who were protected by the city walls were still no match for the Ming army. They were even more vulnerable after losing the city walls.
Bang!
A Ming army infantryman pulled the trigger of the Rumi gun and shot to death a Mongolian soldier who rushed up.
After firing the gun, he hurriedly reached for the bag of bullets and gunpowder at his waist to reload the ammunition.
I touched it but didn't find it.
I looked down and found that the package was gone!
"Go to hell!" Seeing that the Ming army had no ammunition, another Mongolian soldier immediately swung his sword and chopped them down.
The Ming army infantry first raised their bird guns to block, and then pushed outward fiercely to force back the Mongolian soldiers.
Without waiting for the enemy to charge again, the Ming army infantry stabbed out with the muskets with bayonets in their hands.
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