The Ming army withdrew, and Altan Khan still had a great headache because he not only had to consider how to resettle poor herdsmen, but also how to deal with these two grasslands.

To be honest, these two grasslands are really pitiful, so he only resettled thousands of herders in each place, like other large grasslands, which have tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of herders.

Of course, this does not mean that the other so-called "prairie" can really feed tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of herders. He has no choice but to do so.

After decades of reproduction and survival, the Tatar tribe had nearly one million people. Originally, there were grasslands with abundant grasslands in the east and the grasslands with pretty good grasslands in the south of the west and he didn't have to worry about the livelihood of his herdsmen.

It's different now, because the Dongtao and the southern part of Xitao were occupied by the Ming army, and there were basically no grasslands in the northern part of Xitao, and the grasslands in the central part of Xitao were also very limited. He had no choice but to stuff all his subordinate tribes into these barren grasslands.

He stuffed thousands of people into the small grassland that could only feed hundreds of people, and he stuffed tens of thousands of people into the medium-sized grassland that could only feed thousands of people into the medium-sized grassland that could only feed thousands of people!

He also knew that these grasslands would definitely not be able to maintain the livelihood of his tribes. However, he had only so many territories left. What could he do if he couldn't keep them alive?

This is also the reason why he had a headache when he thought of these two small grasslands. If he had been placed in the past, he would not have frowned even if he threw them away. Problem, there were not many grasslands on his Tatar tribe now. If he gave up these two small grasslands, the other grasslands would be even more crowded.

What to do?

At this moment, he was really in a dilemma.

These two grasslands are less than 300 miles away from Songshan Fort, which is not safe at first. If he had some solutions, he would not have placed his herders here.

Originally, he thought that the Ming army would not take the risk of advancing if they could not build the railway. At this moment, the Ming army's actions had proved that he was completely wrong. The head coach of the Ming army was poisonous.

They will definitely come the second time if they can come. If they don’t give up these two grasslands, the Ming army will inevitably continue to harass them.

This is not the most headache, and it also makes him even more headache.

Since the Ming army can attack these two grasslands, won’t the Ming army in the other grasslands go to attack them?

You should know that although the area of ​​the Western Tabernacle is large, the vertical width is actually less than a thousand miles, but the horizontal width is relatively wide. The grasslands with grass are basically concentrated in the southern and central parts of the Western Tabernacle. In other words, most of the grasslands under him are actually less than 500 miles from Songshan Fort occupied by the Ming army.

Can the Ming army sneak attack the grasslands more than 200 miles away from Songshan Fort, and the grasslands more than 300 miles away from Songshan Fort or more than 400 miles away from Songshan Fort, would the Ming army sneak attack?

Obviously, this is impossible. If he was the commander of the Ming army, he would dare to rob any grassland.

How to resist the Ming army and protect the only grasslands under his command is the most troublesome thing.

The Ming army is difficult to deal with at this moment. They are both chariots and artillery chariots, muskets and artillery. With the same number, the cavalry is no match for them at all, and even twice the strength of the troops can do nothing to them.

Now, there are more than 100,000 Ming troops gathered in Songshan Fort, and to be precise, the cavalry under him are only 50,000, and the remaining 50,000 are all forced to gather with other tribes.

He can't keep these 50,000 people. You force others to come and work hard for you. Not to mention paying money to others, you have to feed them, right?

The problem is that the herdsmen of his own tribe are not full at this moment, so where can they have food to support the 50,000 army?

Even the war horses brought by these 50,000 troops could not be kept alive.

Fifty thousand war horses, plus the war horses and cattle and sheep under his command, he could chew all the grass in the largest grassland under his command in less than a month.

He can't afford to support these "uncles"!

In other words, these old men will inevitably invite them back, and only 50,000 elite cavalry are left under him.

How can 50,000 elite cavalry resist the invasion of more than 100,000 elite Ming troops?

It is definitely not possible to rush forward and work hard. Mingjun thought that he would rush forward and fight to the death. As long as he dared to lead his army to rush forward, these 50,000 elite cavalry would probably be gone in one battle!

It seems that it wouldn't work to cut off other people's food routes, because the Ming army had no intention of staying in his territory for a long time, and basically left after snatching things.

To put it bluntly, the cattle and sheep they grabbed alone were enough for them to eat for several days. It would be useless to cut off other people's food!

Apart from these two methods, he really couldn't think of any other method.

As for building fortresses, building Great Walls, he wouldn't even think about it.

In the battle of Songshan Fort, he had already seen the power of the Ming army's siege. No matter how strong the fortress was, it was probably cloudy in front of the Ming army. What's more, they would not build fortresses at all, and no one went to guard the fortresses and Great Walls they built.

At this time, he finally felt the pain of the Ming Dynasty. When they kept attacking the border, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was probably as troubled as he was now.

Alas, thirty years from Hedong, thirty years from Hexi, retribution!

Altan Shan had a headache, but Ming Jun was so excited.

Although they had just robbed two small grasslands this time, they really got a lot of cattle and sheep. You should know that if the herdsmen want to make a living, the family of five will have at least ten cattle and sheep. In other words, they have robbed more than 20,000 cattle and sheep this time, and there are also a lot of fur and other things.

These are their income!

Yang Cong also knew that if he wanted to make his soldiers work hard, the appropriate benefits would be given to others. Therefore, he did not confiscate the cattle, sheep and fur robbed by his soldiers. On the contrary, he also organized a large number of vendors to purchase these cattle, sheep and fur.

Cows, ewes and calfs and lambs are the most popular. If you buy them, sell them directly to Dongtao, or even buy a piece of grass in Dongtao and raise them yourself. You can make a lot of money. You must know that there are no cattle and sheep in Dongtao grassland at this time, and the abundant grass is almost empty there.

Strong bulls are also more popular because they rely mainly on cattle to cultivate the land at this time. A strong bull can be sold at least dozens of taels.

The remaining ones were originally able to sell some money to the old cow and the old ram, but Yu Dayou, Tang Kekuan and Yang Congyi discussed it and decided to stay and give everyone a tooth sacrifice.

Although their food is good now, it is impossible to eat meat every meal. They rarely eat beef and mutton. Anyway, these are all stolen. If you don’t eat them, how can you be worthy of your mouth?

So, Songshan Fort has been filled with the fragrance of beef and mutton these days, and all the soldiers have eaten their mouths of oil and are very excited.

This robbery is really cool. Not only can you make money but you can also eat meat.

This time, each of them distributed several taels of silver, which was almost equivalent to their six-year salary.

As for beef and mutton, it was even more satisfying to eat. Many people have never eaten it for more than a few days in their lives.

At this time, almost everyone wanted to go to the grasslands of the Tatar tribe to fight for the autumn wind. After all, this is a great thing that is both rich and meat-eating, and no one wants to go.
Chapter completed!