Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1608 Overture to War ([-])
Perhaps because of his promotion from Governor of Liaodong and Governor of Jiliao all the way to Minister of the Ministry of War, Grand Sima Zhou Yong, who has not been in office for a long time, also visited Gaofu in the evening of this day, and at this time, the feast of the Holy Day was not yet over. Three hours.

Gao Wushi was upstairs discussing with Liu Xin the current risk of mobilizing troops in Jiliao. He had to listen to the visit of Da Sima, so Liu Xin took the initiative to ask to avoid it.Gao Wushi nodded, and asked her to go to the next room to rest first, while he went to change into a sapphire robe first, and then went to the small reception room on the third floor to receive Zhou Yong.

It was a coincidence that Zhou Yong came to the Gaofu, he met Chen Ju on the way back from the palace, and only then did he know that Chen's palm print had actually come to the Gaofu.

Zhou Butang thought for a while, and felt that Chen Ju's trip was not easy, and it was most likely for the news of Jin Yiwei and the follow-up matters.Gao Situ stayed in Liaodong and made great achievements. If the emperor wants to understand the possible impact of these changes in Liaodong, it is undoubtedly very reasonable to send Chen Zhangyin to ask Gao Situ.

What would Gao Situ say?Judging from the last time Gao Situ insisted on rescuing Ye He, this time he still has a great possibility to insist on rescuing Ye He again. In this way, military affairs will be involved, and someone Zhou is in charge of him.

Because Zhou Yong was born in the top three, he does not seem to have enough qualifications in the court, and he himself knows this well.Therefore, once he has the opportunity to prove his ability, he is of course very concerned. This is his motivation to come to visit Gao Yushi.

Of course, to prove yourself is to prove yourself, self-knowledge is still necessary.Gao Yushi is the big boss of the Practical School, and almost all the power of the Practical School in Liaodong is controlled by Gao Yushi. Zhou Yong understands these situations very well, so the decision on how to fight Liaodong is only up to Gao Yushi In his hands, Zhou Benbing could at most be a puppet in front of the stage, if he didn't come to Gao Wushi, how would he know how to sing this play?

"Big Situ, if Jin Yiwei didn't make a false report this time, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me, Ming, to stay out of the matter." Although he knew that the decision-making power was high and pragmatic, Zhou Yong still expressed his judgment as soon as he came up, and said solemnly: "Ye Henai The balance of power in Manchuria depends on the balance of power, and the survival of Horqin depends on Ye He's safety. Therefore, if I do not save Horqin, Ye He will be in danger, Ye He will be in danger, Manchuria will be in danger, and Manchuria will be in danger, and Liaodong will be in danger—this is my Ming Dynasty So we must save Horqin's place."

Gao Wushi asked calmly: "I understand what I mean by this soldier, but the Nenjiang Horqin Department...it is not easy to save them! I don't know how much this soldier knows about this department?"

Although Gao Wushi seemed to ask casually, Zhou Yong knew that these words had the meaning of the school itself, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and replied seriously: "The Horqin Department is outside the Xifengkou, and it is 280 miles from the capital to the capital. It is 870 miles away, and [-] miles from north to south. There is Linlaite in the east, Chahar in the west, Liaodong side wall in the south, and Heilongjiang in the north.

In the past, the Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty flattened the countries in the Northwest, established kings, sons-in-law and others to keep them for generations, and they came from Mongolia.The first ancestor of Horqin was Habutu Hasar, who was the younger brother of Yuan Taizu. Since then, all tribes of Horqin were descended from him, and the Horqin mentioned in this chanting and discussion with Da Situ is the Horqin tribe in Nenjiang..."

Zhou Yong has been the governor of Liaodong and the governor of Jiliao in recent years. He has some understanding of the Nenhorqin Department, which is not the main force of the bandits, but his explanation is still not very detailed. The question was just because he was afraid that he didn't know the situation of Nen Horqin at all, and it was enough for him to show that he had paid attention to it.

In fact, Horqin should at least mention the so-called Neizasak eight tribes when tracing back to its ancestors. Urad.

The ancestor of these eight tribes is Hasar, the second son of Yesugai, that is, the second brother of Genghis Khan. He has assisted Genghis Khan since he was a boy, and has made great achievements in the formation of the "Mongolian Community" and the establishment of the Great Mongolian Kingdom. Great feat.Genghis Khan once said: "With the shot of Hasar and the power of Biligutai, this is the reason why I conquer the world."

Of course, there is no need to talk about Hassar now, let’s talk about Horqin. The word "Korqin" comes from the Xianbei language, which means a guard with a bow and arrow. Horqin was one of the deacons of "Qi Xue" earlier.

"Korqin" is a "Korqin" with 2000 young and strong, strong martial arts, and outstanding archery selected from various "thousand households" and "ten thousand households". People" together form a pro-army of 8000 people.Horqin, a military organization, is the guard in charge of guarding the commander-in-chief in peacetime, and the main force in charge in wartime.

At that time, the guard army was led by Genghis Khan's second brother, Habutu Hasar, and was called "Kherchen with a bow and arrow".He has repeatedly made military exploits in the battle with Genghis Khan.At the beginning of the 15th century, "Korqin" evolved from the name of a military institution to a general term for the various ministries to which the descendants of Hasar belonged, and became the Horqin Ministry.

The Horqin Tribe originally lived in the area of ​​the Ergun River, Hailar River and Hulun Lake. During the reign of Emperor Hongxi of the Ming Dynasty, they were defeated because of their struggle with Oala. Adai Khan and Alutai Grand Master led some Horqin people to move eastward to the east of the Daxinganling Mountains. Shepherds in the Nenjiang River Basin.Since then, these Horqin people have been called "Nenjiang Horqin", or "Nen Horqin" for short.The Horqin people who still stay in place are called "Alu Horqin".

After Dayan Khan reunified eastern Mongolia, he merged the disparate large and small territories of Monan and Mobei into [-] households, which were divided into left and right wings, with [-] households in each wing.When re-dividing the territory, [-] households of Horqin Ulus were retained, and it was respectfully called "Abaga Horqin" (Uncle Horqin), so that it stood side by side with [-] households in Mongolia.

At that time, Horqin Ulus Wanhu was also divided into left and right wings.The left wing includes the seven ministries of Xinming'an Taben, Maoming'an, Urad, Tataqin, Budaqin, Altaqin, and Guoerluosi (Etuoke); Yiti), Gagun Heshige, Zhu Yiti, Tuyibiegun, Ikemin'an and Saachit (Etuoke).

The Horqin tribe enjoys a special status among the Mongolian tribes, and it has military authority over the Wulianghawan household.During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, Dayan Khan died, and Wuliang Hawanhu in Mobei rebelled, causing wars.In order to avoid the war, the Nenhorqin tribe moved south to the Uliangha Sanwei land, which had moved westward in the Jiajing year, and became a close neighbor of the Yehe tribe. It did not take long for them to form an alliance with the Yehe tribe, which has some Mongolian ancestry. .

A few years ago, because Tumen Khan was severely beaten by the Mingmeng (Tumed) coalition forces in the east of Tumed, and then the Chaohua Department was quickly and completely wiped out by Gao Yushi, which created opportunities for the Nenhorqin Department. Expand to the southwest.

However, the expansion was not smooth this time, and was blocked by the Nekhka tribe (surrendered to Tumen Khan) such as Zarut, so it had to continue to strengthen ties with Jurchen Yehe, Ula and other tribes, forming a closer alliance relation.

For a long period of time before that, the relationship between Nenhorqin and Chahar was that they sometimes jointly attacked the border of Ming Dynasty, and sometimes attacked each other, and they were generally in a state of silos.

In recent years, especially after Tumen Khan directly crossed the nominally southernmost territory of the Nenhorqin tribe to attack Yehe, the relationship between the tribe and Tumen Khan suddenly became tense, and the leader Weng Guodai began to accept secret contacts from Jinghua. Trade through the turnover of Yehebu and Jinghua's stronghold in Changchun (you haven't forgotten this point?).

Because of the relatively stable source of goods from Daming, the Horqin Department has been much less affected by the white and black disasters in the past two years than in the past.However, it is precisely because of the smooth road that it is unacceptable for people to go back and take the narrow path, so Horqin pays more attention to the relationship with Ye He, so as not to be cut off the blood vessel.

Any relationship is mutual, and Horqin tried hard to maintain the relationship with Ye He, so Ye He naturally couldn't ignore it.Even without mentioning their common needs and common interests with Horqin in terms of security, Ye He couldn't turn a blind eye to Horqin's danger even in business.

Ye He was originally a second-hand businessman. If Horqin, a newly opened big customer, was killed by Tumen, wouldn't Ye He also be cut off from a source of income?So even though Ye He's envoy hadn't rushed to the capital to ask Gao Wushi for help directly, after Gao Wushi heard the information from Jin Yiwei, he was sure that Ye He would do so.

Now that Zhou Yong said this, it can be seen that he still has some understanding of Horqin's situation. The imperial court has not yet completed all preparations for the decisive battle of Chahar.

However, if they really want to send troops to intervene this time, it is meaningless to force them back temporarily.Horqin is different from Ye He. They are nomads in the true sense, and they don't live in camps like Ye He.In this way, even if our army sends troops, it is impossible to stick to a certain place on its behalf and beat Tumen with ease.

On the contrary, Chahar is also mainly nomadic. He lost Chahanhot for a few days before and did not see Tumen feel distressed.In this way, as long as our army does not seriously damage the main force of Tumen, Tumen cannot be truly restricted-if our army goes out, he can retreat; if our army returns to the division, he can attack again.

This soldier should know that our army has spent a lot of money on the expedition, but on the grassland, it may not be possible to find the main force of Tumen to inflict heavy damage. If we pull back and forth like this, the benefit lies with the captives, not me...Does this soldier have a good strategy? "

Zhou Yong has been dealing with military affairs for these years, at least he is quite familiar with military books, so he immediately replied: "Under such a situation, the only way to attract them is to attack them and save them, and our army is in the middle Set up an ambush on the road, and wait for the rabbit to break it."

Gao Wushi smiled, and asked: "Then, in my opinion, where is Tumen's 'must save'?"

"This...is about to discuss with Da Situ." Zhou Yong replied with a little embarrassment.

"This is where the difficulty lies." Gao Wushi sighed softly, shook his head and said, "For the real Mongols, there is no 'must-save' place in this world."

After a pause, he added: "Perhaps Genghis Khan's mausoleum can be counted. Unfortunately, we don't know where it is. Even if we know...it can't be outside the Liaodong Great Wall."

Of course, although the specific location of the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan has not been determined until later generations, according to the pastoral area of ​​the Ordos tribe, which guards the mausoleum, it is known that there is a high probability that it is in the Hetao of the Yellow River or nearby areas. northeast.

This is one of the great advantages of the nomads. Thousands of miles of grasslands are their living areas. Although the land with abundant water and grass is always the best, other areas are not impossible to live in. Therefore, when they are in danger in one place, they can only If you need to avoid other places, what is the point of "must save"?
Only when the nomadic people look at the farming people in reverse, will there be many places that must be saved.For example, the famous "Sixteen States of Yanyun" is a typical example. As long as the farming people in the Central Plains lose the Sixteen States of Yanyun, they will most likely be oppressed and beaten by nomads.

All in all, although what Zhou Yong said just now is in line with the common sense of military literature, the Mongols are not within the "common sense" in the first place.

According to Gao Pragmatism's past thinking, it is not difficult to "conquer" the Mongols. Like Tumed, as long as he first ensures that Ming can hold on, and then relies on economic influence, the Mongols can bow their heads and surrender; but "recovering" Mongolia But it is not easy, because recovering means that you have to be able to destroy the opponent, but it is easy to drive the Mongols away. To destroy... you must first catch up, and secondly, you must be able to hold on, that is possible.

In the environment of the prairie, it is already difficult to "catch up", let alone hold it?How to guard the vast and endless prairie?It’s nothing more than you sending a cavalry to hunt them down, so that they don’t even have a chance to graze. Only in this way can they consume their strength and make them choose to surrender or go into exile. There is no other way. .

However, before mechanical power, there is only one situation where this can be done: your cavalry is stronger than the Mongolian cavalry.

The reason why it took so many years for Ming Dynasty to prepare for the decisive battle in Chahar, is it really impossible to fight the frontal battlefield?Obviously not, because the Battle of Monan has already shown that under the correct idea of ​​​​the use of firearms, the firearms troops already have the ability to fight head-on with the Mongolian cavalry.After the Battle of Southern Liaoning and Northern Liaoning ended, this advantage became more obvious.

It can be said that if there is a battle where Tumen uses his [-] cavalry to fight the main force of the Ming army head-on, Gao Pragmatic will not have to wait for a moment, and he can directly mobilize the main force of Jiliao to go out and destroy Chahar in one battle.

The problem is that Tumen is not a fool, after the three battles, can he still not see this trend?He and Brihatu would never make such a trial again, let alone a decisive battle.They will only resort to the Mongols' old routine again, and implement the "Mangudao" tactics from the entire strategic level.

What is the core idea of ​​Mangujai tactics?In fact, it means that only I hit you, and you are not allowed to hit me.

So what kind of preparations did Daming make all these years?On the one hand, it is to continue to strengthen the border defense, on the other hand, it is to strengthen the infantry and anti-cavalry, but the most important aspect is to take advantage of Tumed's surrender, continue to accumulate cavalry, and train and cultivate a powerful cavalry unit.

Why did Gao Yushi refuse to let the Li family army in Liaodong suffer too much loss, and why did he use the cavalry general Ma Chengxun and others so much?It is because they have many cavalry seedlings under their hands.

However, this time it is not a decisive battle against the entire Chahar. Considering that the position of the Li family army is still unclear, it is natural that it is best not to use it first, so there are not many cavalry units that can be used in Liaodong.

Gao Wushi and Liu Xin had calculated just now that the main force of cavalry that can be gathered east of the Liaohe River with Ma Chengxun's troops as the core is only about [-].It's not that there are only so many cavalry troops east of the Liaohe River, but that only these can be guaranteed to go out at any time.

Take the main force of the [-] cavalry to go out to rescue Ye He and Horqin?No matter how you look at it, it seems that it is not safe enough...
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